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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat does nirvana look like for these gluttonous rethugs? What will satiate them??
skylucy
(3,739 posts)I was going to see Kurt Cobain.
Never mind.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)but I'm doing well, thank you.
diva77
(7,643 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)which is much nicer than what Trump and his groupies smell like.
diva77
(7,643 posts)rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)True Dough
(17,311 posts).Alabama
but worse!
No safetynet
two classes
1. The elite
2. The poor
The poor probably couldn't afford education, healthcare or much of anything
So Maybe a mixture of North Korea, Somalia and Alabama in one package.
diva77
(7,643 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)diva77
(7,643 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Two classes only: The aristocracy and the working class poor
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I read lots of Dickens. And Thom Hartmann has a good point.
You say there were only 2 classes, but that was not true. There were 3 and Scrooge was the middle. The lawyers who did devious things in Dickens novels were middle class.
The one thing about Dickens Novels was about the middle class or those trying to be middle class would be willing to do against everyone else for the favor of the ruling class.
I think Dickens kicks ass. He understood these bastards.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)with a goal of being aristocracy. Like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell (I stand corrected)
Straw Man
(6,625 posts)Except without the concept of noblesse oblige, which was a polite fiction anyway, but at least it made the rich pretend to give a shit about the "less fortunate," or anybody else, for that matter.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)They have it all. But after the 2018 elections when WE do take back the House and Senate what they won't like is if they create a Commission led and held by only women to investigate all sexual misconduct against women ,and those abusing their powers to protect themselves with from being held accountable by threatening them, or against false claims from women who go after someone in our government falsely , and hold them accountable to. Many names come to mind to be the head of such a group, but one really sticks out that would do a great job, and that is Sally Yates. Just a thought. She demonstrated not only her courage to stand up to corruption and our national security, but also showed she has the intellect, and capability to be be just and fair, and has a very impressive background.
diva77
(7,643 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)Orrex
(63,216 posts)I'm not even sure that Matt Damon has seen it.
Everyone who saw Elysium could fit in a Smart Car along with everyone who saw Chappie.
diva77
(7,643 posts)diva77
(7,643 posts)dalton99a
(81,516 posts)2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Thread winner!
Orrex
(63,216 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)F**k the Federal Reserve. Power to the people!
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)no such thing that has, does nor ever will exist to satisfy them.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)Leisure time & nice things will be for the elite only. The rest of us will work 24x7x365 until we drop. I haven't seen a more craven GOP congress in my lifetime.
diva77
(7,643 posts)escape US labor laws, such as number of hours/day worked - -- those offshore accounts aren't just for tax evasion, IMHO -- so I believe you're not far off with your words...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Like the Edward G. Robinson character in Key Largo, these gangsters want more. When they get more, they want . . . more.
diva77
(7,643 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)No amount of the drug of choice is enough.
Putin is the richest man in the world, worth $600 billion and he still wants more.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Money addicted.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)The rich want to use their power to make everyone love them. Or at least bow down to them as authority (same thing for them love = you do everything I tell you w/o question)
Problem is - it will never work. You can never "win" with this - you just continue to create inequality and evil. And they wonder why they are not respected and "thanked" for ruling.