>>>>To remove the oliarchy is to remove the government.
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>>Yes, but they aren't overthrowing the principle of centralized government which is what you seemed to assert: they're revolting against tyranny of the oligarchs and then again against another set of oligarchs who think the gap was created for them. But people still prefer to have "somebody" in charge and on the rare occasion that a community goes for anarchy, it doesn't last long.
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>>>>I agree that we have oligarchs in the US, namely professional politicians, regulators, the bureaucracy, after all by definition they are the persons or class so ruling.
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>>LOL. For your viewing pleasure:
http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105>
>Tired, class warfare, marxist (sorry I mean progressive), tripe. The entire article can be summed up by examining the 1st line.
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The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation’s income every year>
>Suggested here is that income is "taken" as opposed to earned. Taken implies theft, which implies that the current demon of the day, the upper 1%, have stolen something. So, what did they steal? 1/4 of "the nation's income". As if such a concept exists in a free market economy. But, that too is the point, to designate income as "the nation's", read "the people's". Bringing it full circle to our private property discussion, this author's 1st sentence ignores (or more likely despises) the very concept of private property.
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>The conclusion the writer is implanting with the very first line is that our fair share of the pie is being stolen by those greedy uber-rich bastards.
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>I could go on to point out income mobility in the US, how demographics and lifestyle choices from our remaining liberty play in. I could add how welfare spending is actually hurting the poor, I could point to AN ANALYSIS OF THE CBO’S LATEST STUDY ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION. Oh lookee, a link :
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http://budget.house.gov/UploadedFiles/CBOInequality.pdfThe proper conclusion IMO is that the wealthy's share of the pie has been increasing, and at a rapid rate. That is factual, not a value judgment.
