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What you are seeing is the end result of a fifty year long class war against the middle and working Americans that the rich have waged, and won.
Warren Buffet was making this known two decades ago and no one listened.
There is a movie with Jeremy Irons and I can't recall which one. But he discussed how the rich are always the same for a milenia and we are just observing their control change forms over and over and over again.
And what has buffet done to address the issue?
Longer than that, I'd say. The rich have been screwing with the lower classes since the country was founded.
The rich have been screwing with the lower classes since the advent of money. Point me to a time in world history where those with money and power didn't abuse the rest of us. The problem with hierarchical systems is the worst people always end up rising.
I claim that the bugs living in your stomach would consider you a compassionate and wise ruler if they could think. You eat food, they convert the food into shit and usable nutrients, and then you dispose of the shit. It's a win-win relationship for both parties.
They control our thoughts way more than you’re considering.
Ever get “hangry?”
Democracy at work.
Here is the demand: eating a meal. A succulent Chinese meal. This is democracy manifest.