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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)48. Sam Pizzigati: Presenting the Ten Greediest Americans of 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/153418/presenting_the_ten_greediest_americans_of_2011?page=entire
You don't have to make a million to rate as an all-star greedster. You do have to be ruthless, self-absorbed and grossly insensitive. The greediest among us in 2011 probably havent been any greedier, as a gang, than any greedy of the recent past. They just seem that way.
Why so? We have a whole new frame of reference. This falls sudden and exhilarating rise of the Occupy movement has helped us remember what we, as a society, had sadly forgotten: that decent, smart societies never let the few grab away rewards that ought to be shared among the many.
LIST FOLLOWS
You don't have to make a million to rate as an all-star greedster. You do have to be ruthless, self-absorbed and grossly insensitive. The greediest among us in 2011 probably havent been any greedier, as a gang, than any greedy of the recent past. They just seem that way.
Why so? We have a whole new frame of reference. This falls sudden and exhilarating rise of the Occupy movement has helped us remember what we, as a society, had sadly forgotten: that decent, smart societies never let the few grab away rewards that ought to be shared among the many.
LIST FOLLOWS
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