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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Sat Sep 5, 2015, 08:05 PM Sep 2015

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"The pitchforks will come for us" [View all]

https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming?l

Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his argument about why a dramatic increase in minimum wage could grow the middle class, deliver economic prosperity ... and prevent a revolution.

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History doesn't end, it rolls on. We are not the end of history and revolutions will always happen.

I think Nick Hanauer is dead on. The current trend cannot continue.

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"The pitchforks will come for us" [View all] Bonobo Sep 2015 OP

I've seen that and read the transcript. hifiguy Sep 2015 #1

According to him he's not smart at all... ion_theory Sep 2015 #39

Right On - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Sep 2015 #2

As they should PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #3

great video.....needs to be watched repeatedly by conservatives. bbgrunt Sep 2015 #4

First time I've had the bandwidth to watch this. longship Sep 2015 #5

Wow! JoeOtterbein Sep 2015 #12

proper. navarth Sep 2015 #41

Arrogance is a natural outcome of great power. zeemike Sep 2015 #6

The "It'll never happen to me" syndrome. jwirr Sep 2015 #7

I wish I remembered where I read this. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #11

Agreed. I think we are king of born thinking we are jwirr Sep 2015 #17

I'm sure all other plutocrats thought the same thing. ion_theory Sep 2015 #40

Yes I am sure they did. zeemike Sep 2015 #42

Hey Nick: Chasstev365 Sep 2015 #8

"Bastille Day" DissidentVoice Sep 2015 #9

John Vanderslice "Pale Horse." alfredo Sep 2015 #14

How to control the peons salimbag Sep 2015 #10

Pitchforks torches and rope, Oh My!!!!!!!! (NT) The Wizard Sep 2015 #13

I bet they track how many pitchforks are sold. PADemD Sep 2015 #15

Guns are the modern pitchforks... hay rick Sep 2015 #16

I have also been surprised that no one has made any jwirr Sep 2015 #18

Are you forgetting how many gunowners this country has? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #26

No I am not forgetting the guns but as you said many jwirr Sep 2015 #30

Yes, I agree. I would not put it past our government to use every means smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #32

I honestly believe the plutocrats and PTB have serious doubts hifiguy Sep 2015 #34

I sometimes wonder. I have family and know people who are high smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #35

I do know that the military has changed a lot in the jwirr Sep 2015 #46

Totally agree. Of course my point is that a revolution jwirr Sep 2015 #45

JFK: �Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable�. LongTomH Sep 2015 #44

I agree. Nick Hanauer is dead on, but do you think the sociopathic Republican corporatists Cal33 Sep 2015 #19

"The current trend cannot continue." < America is great enough to contain millions jtuck004 Sep 2015 #20

Circumstances Beowulf42 Sep 2015 #21

Thus the militarized police forces. Plutocrats will not allow bastille part deux. yodermon Sep 2015 #22

In that video flobee1 Sep 2015 #23

In Christopher Reeves' third "Superman" movie, Robert Vaughan played the villain who wanted tblue37 Sep 2015 #24

A great man, Attila the Hun Babel_17 Sep 2015 #38

So I guess Bernie Sanders is right too then egh? lonestarnot Sep 2015 #25

It is going to happen. It's just a matter of time. Societies, governments and civilizations RKP5637 Sep 2015 #27

Your final sentence, RKP. Exactly. Hard truth, unavoidable. senz Sep 2015 #31

Thank you for this, Bonobo. senz Sep 2015 #28

When will the tipping point come? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #29

I think we are getting close to that ... jimlup Sep 2015 #33

Republicans are idiots.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36

"Trickle Down" KansDem Sep 2015 #37

Elections are rigged so there is no revolution coming from the ballot box. That leaves two choices. Hoppy Sep 2015 #43