tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post7432262455747670791..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Americans In Poverty By The Numbers: Bad, Getting WorseSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-21106862683263264492015-01-07T10:30:25.086-06:002015-01-07T10:30:25.086-06:00"You'd think our plutocratic leaders woul...<i>"You'd think our plutocratic leaders would read their history"</i><br /><br />'Tux, every ordinary American has been around just enough wealthy people to know that they don't see the world in the same terms we do; the feel that anything not already accommodating their every wish is something to be fixed... the notion of fairness in economic transactions literally doesn't enter their minds. It must be something passed down from generation to generation of wealthy folk, not genetically but culturally; and yes, it often eventually leads to revolt. <i>Sigh!</i>Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-89851350791309780502015-01-06T20:13:15.793-06:002015-01-06T20:13:15.793-06:00A democracy cannot survive as a democracy with the...A democracy cannot survive as a democracy with the situation we have today, where the middle class is being squeezed out of existence, leaving only extremely wealthy plutocrats and impoverished peons. Only a brutal police state can keep the majority of the population from overthrowing their rulers in that kind of situation, and running kabuki elections where there are no real choices other than plutocrat A and plutocrat B does not change that reality. You'd think our plutocratic leaders would read their history and realize what they're doing is going to end up with their heads on the chopping block or with an impoverished 3rd world nation incapable of supporting them in the fashion to which they are accustomed, but apparently they think history no longer applies to them, given the modern technologies of mass surveillance and mass indoctrination available to them.<br /><br />This cannot end well.<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com