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byeya

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4. I take the "1% - 99% as shorthand for the class structure where the minority has a stranglehold

Reply to HardTimes99 (Original post)

Sun Jul 7, 2013, 10:16 AM

Jul 2013

on the majority to the point of taking away rights clearly granted in the Constitution and lowering the pay and worsening the working conditions of wage earners.
So, I may be wrong, but I use the "1% - 99%" as being interchangeable with the ongoing class war.

I recognize that's it's more than 1% who intentionally side with the Billionaires but they have sold out in hopes of collecting substantial crumbs that have fallen from the plates of the 1%.

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Does the 1%-99% dichotomy help to explain or further obfuscate L'Affaire Snowden? [View all] HardTimes99 Jul 2013 OP

One self-kick for the mid- and late-morning crew. - n/t HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #1

As a libertarian schmuck he's an idiot who may be in the 99% but his core philosophy benefits the 1% KittyWampus Jul 2013 #2

I think everyone on this board understands by now how you feel HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #3

I take the "1% - 99% as shorthand for the class structure where the minority has a stranglehold byeya Jul 2013 #4