(12-03-2021, 09:19 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-02-2021, 08:31 PM)mikesez Wrote: A highly unequal society is unstable and prone to revolution.
So you're asking the wrong question. Our society is already unequal enough that if you are not a billionaire, you basically have no voice. The question is how much inequality all of us non-billionaires will accept before trying to overturn things, whether via organized violent revolt or civil disobedience or lawlessness.  And no one really knows the answer.

I've studied history all my life.  Rich people have always had more power than the poor or middle class.  Nothing has changed in that respect.

A wise man that many of us on this forum seem to know said something similar 2000 years ago, that we will always have the poor with us. He's right, it's a given, and I'll side with him on this one. How long has mankind been trying to achieve equality? People are not equal, not created equal, and there will always be differences of all types. It is built into our make up as humans. Dont hold your breath waiting for a human-built utopia, it aint happening.

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