Reply #136: Ask the the 18th century French why their kings and queens spent that nation's precious resources on [View All]

[Uncle Joe]

opulent palaces while the people were oppressed and starved.

When FDR tried to lift the nation out of the Great Republican Depression of the 30s, his wealthy peers said he was a "traitor to his class."

Extreme power and wealth corrupts because it separates and disconnects people from the vast majority of humanity's afflictions, a few can overcome this bubble but the dynamic is ongoing and powerful, successive generations born to wealth and power have even less connection to the people and thus less concern for their welfare.

What's wrong with a CEO making 26 times their average worker's salary as they did in the late 80s, apparently that wasn't enough to satisfy their greed lust, today they make 300 times. I view greed lust in the same light as being addicted to crack and that 300 to 1 ratio will not be enough for some of them. This is a direct result from conflict of interest laden boards more concerned about their own pay and bonuses than representing the best long term interests of their company, employees and stockholders.

Whether the conspiracy; is a conscious one or committed by the collective subconscious, the effect is the same.