MoebiusLord wrote:
What are those graphs supposed to inspire? More class envy?
Discussion. Beyond that, not class envy, no, but class consciousness.
MoebiusLord wrote:
The bottom line is that companies exist to make a profit not provide jobs, rich people either worked harder, had a better idea, were smarter, were luckier than you, or had parents who wanted to them to have money and you didn't.
Is that the bottom line or the myth and ideology that we have been led to believe?
I would argue that the bottom line is the Earth has a carrying capacity and all the stuff and experiences we desire have not just a monetary cost, but a social cost, and environmental costs as well.
Beyond that bottom line, I would also argue that these graphs actually don't demonstrate that those who have expropriated more wealth from the commons have been justified in doing so. Being adept at exploiting a flawed system or even merely just happening to benefit from it is no justification for actions which undermine the survival of our species.
MoebiusLord wrote:
The federal government in the United States has over-stepped its authority and one side uses hand-outs to buy their voting block while the other uses tax breaks & loopholes to buy theirs.
In either case, the only answer that will allow this country to prosper in to the future is for the federal government to step back from its nanny state tendencies and leave most of the things it tries to do today to the states.
Our political systems are flawed. Period. Tinkering with them isn't going to fix the very real problems confronting our species.