The views of the ultra rich nowadays in a nutshell: "I owe the public nothing"

[MaggieD]

7. It's the same as the gilded age

Being a fanatical history buff is kind of a hobby of mine. Particularly as pertains to American political history.

I wish we took the knowledge of history as sort of a civic duty more seriously in this country. On the other hand I understand how one of the corporate objectives is to keep us too dumb and working our asses off to pay attention.

But the bottom line is this country has been through this crap before in the gilded age, and the consequences will be no less severe. It's painful to watch us like lambs led to the slaughter.

As a small aside, reading Discussionist can be very depressing because it tends to highlight just his dumb conservatives are on these issues. My ignorance may have been more blissful.