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FirstLight

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6. problem is...

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 01:45 PM

Dec 2011

the experiment wouldn't work....because they would know they have a way out. they would no doubt even attempt to bribe people to gain access to their money...

see, the problem with poverty, is that there is NO END in sight for many who live it. The only way to humble those with too much and have them see what it is to be with nothing, is to literally strip them of it. And that to me would be a better sentence than white-collar jail and 'fines'... they would have to be publicly shamed, stripped of all their wealth and have to watch it ALL be distributed to those poor people whom they so disdain...

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The 1% Should Live Like The Poor [View all] Quartermass Dec 2011 OP

I totally disagree anarch Dec 2011 #1

The problem isn't empathy, it's affinity. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #2

That is why CEO's are paid in company stock, and others get irrational bonuses. WingDinger Dec 2011 #5

Just ask Bernny Madoff Cigar11 Dec 2011 #3

I had a landlady that was sentenced to three months in her own slum apartment building. WingDinger Dec 2011 #4

problem is... FirstLight Dec 2011 #6

They should use far, far fewer resources than they universally do, that's for sure! Zorra Dec 2011 #7

That would teach them! Mosaic Dec 2011 #8

Many years ago Mayor Jane Byrne (Chgo) went to live in one of the worst housing projects here. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #9

You know, not everybody in the top 1% are assholes... WI_DEM Dec 2011 #10

Waste of time trying to make them see the light. Modern_Matthew Dec 2011 #11

Hey that seems like a great idea for a reality TV show. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #12

Ignorance is bliss, and they love their bliss. /nt Festivito Dec 2011 #13

Hyperinflation is the only way they'll ever get it Zalatix Dec 2011 #14

Wouldn't work Courtesy Flush Dec 2011 #15

many 1% types lack empathy tabbycat31 Dec 2011 #16