It’s class war
Let’s stop blithely pretending it’s not. What are you doing about it?
Here’s the way class warfare works
- Each time the economy train wrecks, and anytime the middle class or poor are forced to sell off or surrender assets to survive, the wealthy swoop in and buy up all the assets at fire sale prices. So, the people who can least afford low prices lose, and the people who can most afford higher prices gouge.
The wealthy #exploit misfortune and disaster.
2. The mega-rich are often philanthropists, which makes them look kind and generous. Yet, their riches only exist because they have unfairly exploited other people.
The mega-rich are generous with your money.
3. When your income goes up, it’s such a small gain that you can’t even see it on a graph.
The mega-rich believe in gains that dwarf your wildest imagination.
4. There is no reward for working harder. As your output goes up, the corporations, CEOs and wealthy all benefit. You don’t. Your income stays relatively flat.
5. There is no trickle down. As the income for the rich goes up, the income for everyone else goes down. And only the cynicism of the rich and powerful would try to sell a ‘trickle’ as something amazing.
From 2013 to 2016, the share of income going to the top 1% of families climbed to 23.8% from 20.3% The portion going to the bottom 90% slipped from about 54% to 50%. — USA Today
6. Your voice means nothing to elected officials. Because a mere .2% of Americans get 66% of the influence. That’s called a super-majority. That’s 646,000 people deciding for 323,000,000 of us. That’s a state the size of Vermont (pop. 626,000) making all the decisions for the other 49 states. That’s a city the size of El Paso, TX (pop. 679,000) deciding for everyone else in America.
Our small monastery believes if you’re going to be a critical voice then try to come to the table with ideas and strategies for solutions.
