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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 03:13 PM Jun 2014

"The pitchforks ARE coming" - A billionaire warns his fellow Oligarchs what is coming down the pipe

And what do I see in our future now?
I see pitchforks.

At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrats in history, the rest of the country—the 99.99 percent—is lagging far behind. The divide between the haves and have-nots is getting worse really, really fast. In 1980, the top 1 percent controlled about 8 percent of U.S. national income. The bottom 50 percent shared about 18 percent. Today the top 1 percent share about 20 percent; the bottom 50 percent, just 12 percent.

But the problem isn’t that we have inequality. Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society. Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear, and we will be back to late 18th-century France. Before the revolution.

And so I have a message for my fellow filthy rich, for all of us who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/27/1309994/--The-pitchforks-ARE-coming-A-billionaire-warns-his-fellow-Oligarchs-what-is-coming-down-the-pipe

Really, its going to get worse as Republicans Block Jobs and any kind help to fix the 8 years of Bush and GOP rule, the backlash could get horrendous. Wall Street is hiding the fact they are now starting to see how things can get really bad, Soon. Blaming The president for everything is getting very old!

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"The pitchforks ARE coming" - A billionaire warns his fellow Oligarchs what is coming down the pipe (Original Post) mitty14u2 Jun 2014 OP
Hey, Oligarchs, Monsieur Guillotin called. He asked for your neck sizes. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #1
My dad used to have a good method for protecting the surface of pitchforks, shovels, etc. Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #3
I hope that if the Republicans keep control of the House and gain control of the Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #2
Except it isn't coming Cosmocat Jun 2014 #4
Shouldn't that be "the pike"? Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #5
BUT...the 1% has its 30,000 drones flying the American skies. Who do you think they're looking for?? blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #6

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. My dad used to have a good method for protecting the surface of pitchforks, shovels, etc.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 03:38 PM
Jun 2014

He'd pour a little oil into a big bucket of sand and then plunge the spades, shovels, pitch forks, etc., down into the oily sand. Not only would it protect the items from rusting, but it sharpened them and made them shiny.

Only go first class. The 1% deserves shiny!

Off to find some sand.

Louisiana1976

(3,962 posts)
2. I hope that if the Republicans keep control of the House and gain control of the
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 03:22 PM
Jun 2014

Senate in the 2014 elections the revolution starts.

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