''The Predator Class''

[Soph0571]

Good point. Well made

[democratisphere]

1. Agreed. "Predator wealthiest".

Collectively they have no "class".

[Soph0571]

2. Heh

Very good point

[democratisphere]

3. Thanks for posting THIS Soph0571.

It is the center point of many of problems in the world today; transfer of all the wealth to the "predator wealthiest".

[Sherman A1]

6. Agreed

And an excellent point.

[ck4829]

20. No class at all

[JHB]

4. Economic Royalists, to use the FDR phrase...

...dedicated to the idea that wealth should rule by divine right.

[Sherman A1]

5. Both terms work very well

[ck4829]

23. Indeed

[ck4829]

24. Shows a light into the disturbing psychology of the upper class

[uponit7771]

7. K&R,

[pansypoo53219]

8. the vampire class. or are they zombies who just exist & hoard money?

[ProfessorPlum]

11. I was just about to type that - Vampires

They are rich, work in the darkness, steal our lives, and live forever through their aristocracy.

We, on the other hand, are the zombies - shambling, slow, in great numbers, always hungry.

[ck4829]

18. Yep

[betsuni]

9. I've only seen elite used as an insult to imply liberals are out-of-touch rich eggheads,

but maybe that's just me. I don't remember seeing Republicans called elites.

http://economist.com/johnson/2010/10/27/elite-the-insult

[ck4829]

21. It's bizarre

[90-percent]

10. The MORBIDLY WEALTHY

A term I borrowed from Thom Hartmann.

-90% Jimmy

[ck4829]

19. Not bad

[dalton99a]

12. A very apt moniker

[ck4829]

25. Incredibly apt

[pecosbob]

13. Predator corporations and their stockholders

Monsanto is the nearest thing I've ever seen to true evil...

[CrispyQ]

14. They want it all. And they believe they deserve it all.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. exactly - recession benefits predator parasites

Remember Rotten Ronnie's recession -- a lot of family farms were gobbled up by corporations and banks.

[KPN]

26. Exactly! Me, I think it's time for a real revolution. This electoral and follow-the-process stuff

isn't working out too well.

[ck4829]

17. Hmmm....

[ck4829]

16. K&R

[lpbk2713]

22. True statement.

They will trample over anyone in their way who keeps them from getting what they want.

[KPN]

27. Kicked!

[SWBTATTReg]

28. Predatory Capitalism at its best!! I've heard this word used too. It seems to ...

describe those who take advantage of their +++ situation to 'step' over the rest of us and take the rest of what little is left for the rest of us. Grossly unfair to those who work their a&&s off to score high on SATs, earn money to pay for the schooling themselves (or their families earn what they can to help pay schooling costs too), and then get skipped over due to lack of space/slots/class openings/etc.

Now, if these schools had turned around and offered all of the money received (the hundreds of millions of dollars (I don't know what the full amount was)) as scholarships by the schools themselves to deserving students, then okay (don't allow someone to 'game' the system and who bills / charges these parents millions of dollars (and pockets the money himself) to get their kids into a particular school like in this particular situation).

[dlk]

29. Yes!