>>Hearst did miracles with the "Yellow Peril" in the early 1900's.
Now it's the Russian Peril. ;-)
>>That works until the not-so-poor guys and the really-poor guys put their heads together and figure out who the enemy really is.
Agreed. Add the Middle Class to the unrest and disconnected elites are in trouble. Which is one reason why there's so much organized ragey protest to keep people distracted as a proxy for actually effecting change. Put on your pussy hat and shriek "not my president!" and then go away satisfied until next year. Meanwhile the 1% claims another few billion of national wealth and brings in a few hundred thousand more workers with degrees to compete/drive down salaries by $15K for the kids of the middle class leaving university expecting good jobs and careers.
>>That works until the not-so-poor guys and the really-poor guys put their heads together and figure out who the enemy really is.
And then they put on their yellow vests and force change. ;-)
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
