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Cary

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17. Didn't we have this discussion before?

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #16)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 05:56 PM

Jul 2012

I remember discussing something similar when I first returned.

You're right I think, but it is new because the times are very different. The world is smaller, from our technological perspective. We have advanced a long way and are advancing at an ever faster rate. We don't have a great plague at the moment. We also have a modern economy which really isn't going to support a feudal system because serfs don't consume.

The people who are really and truly in trouble are the unskilled.

We are under great pressure because of globalization and we are in the midst of a major transition that we won't fully understand for quite some time.

So I really don't know ET but I do thank you for your thoughts.

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We don't talk enough about concentration of wealth. [View all] Cary Jul 2012 OP

Why is Europe in such a sad state then? dkf Jul 2012 #1

Your first post at DU, dkf? Cary Jul 2012 #2

This poster (dkf) is a right-winger who is allowed to stay here because of politeness of LiberalLoner Jul 2012 #4

I picked dkf out right away. Cary Jul 2012 #6

Oh, and now I see it isn't dkf's first post. Cary Jul 2012 #7

Caveat Orator.... dtom67 Jul 2012 #20

It's not progressive taxes stopping their economies. dfgrbac Jul 2012 #3

Yes, but it's the concentration of wealth that leads to the need for progressive spending Cary Jul 2012 #8

don't you have a corporation or bank you should be off somewhere defending? oh wait... dionysus Jul 2012 #5

Agreed, but they are downsizing the middle class for several reasons. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #9

I don't know. Cary Jul 2012 #10

Two things; it is not theory, members of this class have stated this for decades. They attempted a Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #16

Didn't we have this discussion before? Cary Jul 2012 #17

You're certainly welcome, and I thank you for the conversation and your thoughts as well. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #22

At the end of the day they really ought to be in favor of flatter income distribution. Cary Jul 2012 #11

Money is not the point. All of them have more than they will ever need, this is about power and the Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #12

Yes I definitely see a lot of that. Cary Jul 2012 #14

Absolutely agreed. I think we're talking about two different groups. The 'conservatives' you speak Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #21

Why do they need 'American' consumers? leftstreet Jul 2012 #13

True and they may be looking at those potential markets. Cary Jul 2012 #15

Will they consume? Ask McDonalds. Or Burger King. Taco Bell. leftstreet Jul 2012 #18

I would need more data. Cary Jul 2012 #19