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arbusto_baboso

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31. The problem is that this frequently backfires on the ultra-wealthy.

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 01:20 PM

Dec 2011

Remember how the Renaissance started? Yup, the Black Plague.

The Plague killed off huge number of "undesireables" but it also killed off the elite (their money couldn't save them then, and it won't save them from the plagues that are coming in future, or from the effects of global warming...).

In fact, such huge numbers of people were killed off, that skilled laborers were in short supply. The elite had little power to refuse demands for higher wages, and even less of that power once the trade guilds formed. Thus, a strong merchant middle class was born.

Too bad today's elite are too goddamned stupid to see where their current course might lead them...

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How Can the World's Richest Country Let Children Go Hungry? 6 Tricks Corporate Elites Use [View all] xchrom Dec 2011 OP

I love you, xchrom. Great post. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2011 #1

Aw thanks. Back atchya. Nt xchrom Dec 2011 #4

k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #2

Yep, "The richest country on earth" doesn't include the 99%, especially not when approx. RKP5637 Dec 2011 #3

Because the Plutocrats want to kill off the poor. Zalatix Dec 2011 #5

Your post is asinine. greytdemocrat Dec 2011 #6

Your "reasoning" is short-sighted. Zalatix Dec 2011 #8

I think capitalists call this "wringing the excess out of the system." Or, if you will, CTyankee Dec 2011 #10

Exactly. It isn't like this is the first time this has happened. Zalatix Dec 2011 #11

I just read somewhere that income inequality was less than ours in the Roman Empire! CTyankee Dec 2011 #16

You read Robert Reich's conspiracy theory, didn't ya? Zalatix Dec 2011 #18

I can't recall seeing it, altho I read Reich as regularly as possible. CTyankee Dec 2011 #34

I need help in knowing how to respond to your PM! I wanted to thank you! CTyankee Dec 2011 #36

Reply link should be on the bottom right of all PM boxes! hope it helps :) Zalatix Dec 2011 #37

Great...why didn't I go further into this??? CTyankee Dec 2011 #39

The problem is that this frequently backfires on the ultra-wealthy. arbusto_baboso Dec 2011 #31

lol - ridiculous conspiracy theories are unnecessary TBF Dec 2011 #9

See post #10 and #11 Zalatix Dec 2011 #12

I do think people will die but I don't think they plan that - TBF Dec 2011 #13

Robert Reich explains how Occam's Razor fails to cut this. Zalatix Dec 2011 #15

I do like Reich and will read this - TBF Dec 2011 #19

Thanks for this link! What you've said makes a lot of sense to me. It's planned RKP5637 Dec 2011 #28

As one other poster put it elsewhere, it's too terrible to contemplate. Zalatix Dec 2011 #35

Thank you - that's what I was going to say. closeupready Dec 2011 #21

Please read what Robert Reich has to say. Zalatix Dec 2011 #25

That's how I see it. TBF Dec 2011 #26

Ask yourself this Zalatix Dec 2011 #27

ah, yes, malice Remember Me Dec 2011 #33

Christian leadership, it shines, their Sanctity and Holy nature, it shines! Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #14

This is what I keep trying to emphasize. dawg Dec 2011 #17

+1 xchrom Dec 2011 #20

This post is really a terrific summation of where we are in America today. closeupready Dec 2011 #22

Thank you. dawg Dec 2011 #24

Agree - and this is where smart taxation comes in - TBF Dec 2011 #23

+1000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Dec 2011 #30

Thank you. woo me with science Dec 2011 #32

Which is why I often post sarcasmo Dec 2011 #38

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agony Dec 2011 #41

Thanks For Posting, k and r..nt Stuart G Dec 2011 #29

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2011 #40

Kick + Rec Agony Dec 2011 #42