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In reply to the discussion: The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)57. And every year it will be more and more, until there is no middle class left.
Then they work on other countries middle classes...thanks to the TPP.
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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Fritz Walter
Jun 2015
#78
K & R. I've known about Nick Hanauer for 2+ years, saw the Politico piece last summer.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#14
This article has been posted numerous times on this board. Most people have probably seen it already
octoberlib
Jun 2015
#55
I wonder if any of the HRC supporters will post in this thread. I think it hits too close
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#22
Basically, Hanauer is realizing that prosperity is a matter of balance in the economy.
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#27
I wonder if the corporate lackeys and shareholders are starting to rethink rabid support of the 1%.
raouldukelives
Jun 2015
#40
They don't care about the pea shooters everyone else has, they control the big guns that matter
harun
Jun 2015
#44
"'No reason to get excited,'" the thief he kindly spoke, 'there are many here among us...
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#75
Never...it will have to be The French Revolution all over again. Hopefully without the violence.
Rex
Jun 2015
#59
Pitchforks? Aisle 7, Torches? Aisle 9, We've got a special on our DIY guillotine kit on aisle 13
LongTomH
Jun 2015
#66
And some grad student on NPR said our very emotions are now commodified and marketed.
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#76