Chris Rock: "If poor people knew how rich the rich people are, there would be riots in the streets"

[chervilant]

31. Now, see, this is a great example of the current disconnect about the obscenely wealthy.

Mr. Rock does not have the OBSCENE level of wealth that differentiates the corporate megalomaniacs--think Koch, Walton, Rothschild, Helú--from the rest of us. Less than four hundred people on this planet own and control better than 50% of the planet's resources, including HUMAN resources. Mr. Rock's wealth is a tiny fraction of this ginormous pile of hedonism.

Now, I understand that it's easy to vilify garden-variety millionaires like Rock (and other individuals with similar wealth). However, people like Chris Rock are not spending tens of millions of dollars to insure that they control our media, our politics, AND our global economy. Those who ARE spending tens of millions of dollars to insure their hegemony are using a mere fraction of their wealth.

By the way, keeping the Hoi Polloi divided and divisive is one of the most effective tools of the obscenely wealthy, and it works particularly well with Republicans, who bemoan their tax money being spent on immigrants instead of asking why Wall Street got away with tanking our economy to the tune of billions of dollars.

This radical income inequity cannot continue. Too many people are hurting (self included). I no longer hold out hope that there can be a peaceful solution, and I grieve for our littlies. And, I'd rather we have each other's backs when it comes time to take back our democracy.