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In reply to the discussion: No one becomes one of the 1% [View all]ronnie624
(5,764 posts)45. Try not to personalize the issue.
Last edited Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:30 AM - Edit history (1)
We're talking about a wasteful and unjust economic system here, that enriches the few, at the expense of the many. No one holds you and your family, responsible. We are all captive to it, and we must do what we have to, in order to make a living. The system now poses a threat to our civilization, however, and it is past the time for revolutionary change.
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The most pathetic group of people are the ones with the willfulness to stay ignorant to
Rex
Dec 2015
#1
Actually, it can, but just barely. I like that video too. Thanks for sharing.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2015
#16
That doesn't refute the previous argument, they still have very high wages. Nt
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#38
$400,000 gets you in the 1%. You think that puts people in the life destroying category?
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#25
Yep, it's these kinds of silly, superficial pronouncements that make the entire left look bad
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#36
In this case, personalizing the issue is appropriate.The family of the person to whom you responded
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#49
Nope, not if the experience directly confirms or contradicts an assertion and
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#60
Many if not most people are making money on Wall Street via 401ks and other retirement accounts
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#51
Not any that are serious about leaving a better world with the one life they have.
raouldukelives
Jan 2016
#74