Economic Inequality

[denuseri]

I've always said we live in a run away plutocracy.

Perhaps it is time to once again water the tree of liberty?

[leo9]

I've always said we live in a run away plutocracy.

Perhaps it is time to once again water the tree of liberty?

If you're talking about the pet US fantasy of The People rising up against the Guvmint, the main thing wrong with that is that it would inevitably end with one lot of The People shooting down another lot while the Guvmint looked on and laughed. Bear in mind that most of the biggest gun fans are head over heels in love with the plutocracy, and can be reliably called out on the streets whenever the squillionaires are threatened with having to pay taxes like little people.

[thir]

I've always said we live in a run away plutocracy.

Perhaps it is time to once again water the tree of liberty?

But how do you create liberty? It will not come of its own. To turn around the present state of affairs in many countries, I think you very badly need to rule the banks and tame run-away and irresponsible money people. And that is difficult. The first attempt in EU was a gesture, not a serious attempt at change, as I understood it.

You need to educate all your population, and sometimes you need to start job-making initiatives by the government. Your government really needs to be for the people, meaning for all the nation.

[denuseri]

But how do you create liberty? It will not come of its own. To turn around the present state of affairs in many countries, I think you very badly need to rule the banks and tame run-away and irresponsible money people. And that is difficult. The first attempt in EU was a gesture, not a serious attempt at change, as I understood it.

You need to educate all your population, and sometimes you need to start job-making initiatives by the government. Your government really needs to be for the people, meaning for all the nation.

Well when the people in government are all bought and paid for by the richest 1% you get what we have in so many nations not just the usa. All governments imho should be for their people...not just the rich people but all the people.

Once the people catch on to the bs being spouted by the media and politicians (regardless of political afiliation in the usa since both sides seem to work for big buisness despite their rehtoric) on behalf of their corporate backers and things become bad enough you get just riots and overthrow of said governments.

[thir]

Well when the people in government are all bought and paid for by the richest 1% you get what we have in so many nations not just the usa. All governments imho should be for their people...not just the rich people but all the people.

Once the people catch on to the bs being spouted by the media and politicians (regardless of political afiliation in the usa since both sides seem to work for big buisness despite their rehtoric) on behalf of their corporate backers and things become bad enough you get just riots and overthrow of said governments.

What concerns me is that most people are not interested - they can only manage survival, or they cannot be bothered to find out what their Masters are doing to keep them in place and keep in power.

Which means you can pick off the few who tries.