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In reply to the discussion: The Salary Needed To Afford Rent in 10 of the Largest US Cities ---Good grief!!!!!! [View all]Lint Head
(15,064 posts)lower class. Things are only going to get more expensive. It's not some conspiracy to consider that there is a mood in the upper echelons of society and the corporate world that the earth would be better off if "lesser people" could be controlled or convinced that all their needs would be met by the more sophisticated wealthy. And the "lessers" would be better in a subservient role. I've even heard it stated out loud, by very rich folks, at informal functions. I was appalled to hear it but what could I say or do or who could I tell? And it did not sound like conjecture. I had a pit in my stomach at even the thought. Most of us would be dead and gone because it was spoken as a goal for the future.
For example. What if we had to leave this planet because it was doomed. No way could billions of humans be transported. Only the few powerful and rich would even be allowed or considered to be intelligent enough to do such a thing.