The 1%
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There is 1% of the population in the United States who have never had to do anything for themselves at any point in their lives. They have never worked real jobs. They have never struggled. They have never had to choose between food or medicine. They have never had to worry about whether their kids go without.
They can commit all the crimes they damn well please and never serve a day in prison. And they will always blame the victims for the unnecessary problems and disasters their actions cause.
And yet, assholes like Orrin Hatch insist that we have to give these lazy assholes even more.
Is it any wonder working and middle-class are pissed off? If these moronic porkies aren't careful, eventually the peasants will have nothing left to lose. And we all know what happens when it gets to that point.
See ya around,
Aspie
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The truly sick part is not all of the
1% grew up rich, some did for real grow up poor. But they refuse to see that they themselves were helped by an economy that was based on that dreaded "socialism" thing. Once they're in that bubble though, most just seem to lose memory. The big rich, the .01% granted, never had to do anything themselves, they're bred to be parasitic. It's the ones who didn't have that and have it now that are hardest for me to understand. Hypocrites. Willingly so, blinders to reality firmly implanted. It could never happen to them, right? Huh. Yeah, right.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
I take some comfort knowing
that these idiots DON'T know how to do anything for themselves, so when SHTF they will be well and truly fucked too.
This shit is bananas.
Welfare Capitalism or Social Democracy, actually.
The means of production were still very privately owned with a strong public sector and unions to go with it, but yeah, it's safe to say those assholes who did grow up poor or close to it had far more opportunities than we 30-somethings or younger ever will.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
No doubt about that.
The under 30 crowd is totally hosed, will be lucky to ever earn close to $70K /yr.
unless they're lucky enough to work for themselves.
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
Many people my age or younger...
...have taken the Patreon/Youtube/Twitch route with regards to income. Can't say I blame them considering so-called 'real' jobs have gone the way of the dodo thanks to decades of neoliberalism. And those jobs that do exist are almost always temporary.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
I hope they're NOT
borrowing $15K /yr. to go to college thinking they'll graduate to a $65K job, able to pay off their college loan in 7, 8 years.
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
Anyone making more than 300K per year is in the top 1%
for salary purposes. People like Cenk Uygur, Amy Goodman, Jimmy Dore, Rachel Maddow, Abby Martin, etc., are all solidly in the top One percent. Their net worth's are a bit different but definitely in the top ten percent with net worth in the millions.
1% qualifications
Got to admit I thought you were full of it in re Jimmy Dore and Cenk. However, you're right:
Net worth:
Cenk Uygr - $5 Million
Amy Goodman - $3 Million
Jimmy Dore - $1 Million
Rachel Maddow - $20 Million
Abby Martin - $("...sound financial status and sound net worth.")
They've all got me beat, that's for sure!