I Just Saw Something Really Sad. And Then I Got Angry.

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22. Class warfare! Class warfare!

Ten years ago I made the same argument you're making (but much less eloquently) in a discussion with my neighbor. He was the DA here before he retired and he was thoroughly brainwashed in the "land of opportunity, any kid can grow up to be president, what's good for General Motors is good for America" propaganda. And he wouldn't hear the points I made about social mobility, or lack of same.

Easy for him to say. He retired on a six figure pension and fully paid medical insurance.

I've had the same discussion with members of my own family who are far from being part of the 1%. And realistically lack any hope of ever being part of the 1%. But many of them have been brainwashed into believing they can get rich by virtue of hard work and persistence if only the govment will get out of their way.

The overwhelming majority of us have a shitload more in common with that dude sleeping on a discarded mattress than we do with the plutocrats at the top of the food chain here in the US. But things aren't going to change until we all realize that.