Here are two takes on income inequality in this country, both of which are underscored by the reality of class warfare. First, John Oliver’s piece on his HBO show “Last Week Tonight“:
And then there is this cartoon “A Formula for Inequality, Told in Four Generations,” a “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic strip by Ruben Bolling:
Ah, for the good old Class War Federation and their words to live by: “No war but the class war!”
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Income inequality aka class warfare
Posted by G.A. Matiasz on July 19, 2014
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USA! We’re Number One!
Posted by G.A. Matiasz on October 29, 2013
It’s official. The United States is #1 at creating rich people. Here’s the chart (based on this study):
The consequences of this “wealth creation” is an ever widening gap between rich and poor, the decimation of the American middle class, the potential for societal segregation, social unrest and class warfare that is exacerbated by such class dynamics. This income gap is the highest since the “Roaring 20s.”
What’s more, even prominent moderate-to-liberal individuals are beginning to see this as a problem.
Then, there’s so many other ways that the United States excels at being #1 in very bad shit. Here are the graphic representations, including the first one mentioned above:
Makes you fucking PROUD to be an American! Third World Banana Republic, here we come!
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