Income Inequality

[SuburbanFarmer]

The bitch and whine thread made it to fifty pages.

Is that enough to fix everyone's problems, or do we need to bitch and whine some more?

Let me know. I'm here to do my part bitching and whining about life not being fair until everyone is as rich as they deserve to be.

Don't you know, that's what socialism is for?

Yep, anybody not on board with whatever-the-hell-our-system-is is obviously a Socialist - probably a Russia-lover, too. We should really come up with a Solution for all of those undesirables...

[SilverEagle]

The bitch and whine thread made it to fifty pages.

Is that enough to fix everyone's problems, or do we need to bitch and whine some more?

Let me know. I'm here to do my part bitching and whining about life not being fair until everyone is as rich as they deserve to be.

Don't you know, that's what socialism is for?

Yep, anybody not on board with whatever-the-hell-our-system-is is obviously a Socialist - probably a Russia-lover, too. We should really come up with a Solution for all of those undesirables...

Right!

So in what world is a person that would like to prevent the Robber Barrons 2.0 from raping the average American automatically a socialist? I know the answer.... in TC and Okee's world! Idiots.

[Fife]

"Socialist" is the nicest word I can think of. It goes downhill from there.

[The Conservative]

Don't you know, that's what socialism is for?

Yep, anybody not on board with whatever-the-hell-our-system-is is obviously a Socialist - probably a Russia-lover, too. We should really come up with a Solution for all of those undesirables...

Right!

So in what world is a person that would like to prevent the Robber Barrons 2.0 from raping the average American automatically a socialist? I know the answer.... in TC and Okee's world! Idiots.

The world is full of stupid, and you've proven it... but what do I know, I've only made my career from nothing.

[SilverEagle]

Yep, anybody not on board with whatever-the-hell-our-system-is is obviously a Socialist - probably a Russia-lover, too. We should really come up with a Solution for all of those undesirables...

Right!

So in what world is a person that would like to prevent the Robber Barrons 2.0 from raping the average American automatically a socialist? I know the answer.... in TC and Okee's world! Idiots.

The world is full of stupid, and you've proven it... but what do I know, I've only made my career from nothing.

Yep that's me, I'm just full of stupid with all my facts, logic, and critical thinking. Try not to stick your tongue in an electrical outlet tonight TC. After all you do have a family.

[Okeefenokee]

Okay guys. You're right. I was so wrong. I came home today and found out my neighbors died. The whole family. Someone out there must have bought a better car than them or gotten a raise, but all I know is that inequality straight up killed my neighbors.

Oh shit. One of those rich people is here to buy the house. If he goes up to three houses before I do my family might not make it.

Won't somebody do something?

Oh wait, never mind. I forgot that in the entire history of the world, not a single person has ever been wounded simply because someone else had more than they did. Silly me. Thinking income inequality or wealth inequality could actually affect someone.

Carry on with the bitching and whining though. If enough of us do it I'm sure a Corvette will appear in my driveway.

[Okeefenokee]

If you wanted to talk about something that can actually have an effect on a person, you'd be talking about opportunity inequality, but seeing as this isn't Baathist Iraq, or Alawite Syria, it would be a short conversation,

Man, ain't opportunity inequality a bitch?

Yeah, good thing we live in the west, huh?

Yeah.

[jbird4049]

Okay guys. You're right. I was so wrong. I came home today and found out my neighbors died. The whole family. Someone out there must have bought a better car than them or gotten a raise, but all I know is that inequality straight up killed my neighbors.

Oh shit. One of those rich people is here to buy the house. If he goes up to three houses before I do my family might not make it.

Won't somebody do something?

Oh wait, never mind. I forgot that in the entire history of the world, not a single person has ever been wounded simply because someone else had more than they did. Silly me. Thinking income inequality or wealth inequality could actually affect someone.

Carry on with the bitching and whining though. If enough of us do it I'm sure a Corvette will appear in my driveway.

It's not some inequality. No one should expect that. It is when the wealthy individuals become so massive wealthy that they become financial supermassive blackholes that starts to not only new wealth, but also existing wealth from others. Then, just as is it starting to happen here, the people around the super wealthy start to have their wealth pulled from them. It has happened repeatedly in history. They become monetary Gods, and everyone else ants trying not to be crushed, or maybe small mice looking for crumbs falling from the table. Money is power and power is money.

[Martin Hash]

That's a pretty good bit.

(I wish this thread was titled "WEALTH Inequality" rather than Income Inequality.)

[Okeefenokee]

Member when an upstart producer of horseless buggie contraptions went up against the richest men in the nation and won?

Yeah, I member.