Which way does power flow in our society?

[Writer]

Generally speaking?

[MercutioATC]

1. Could you be more vague?

What type of "power"? In what context? As the system provides or as lazy people allow it to? "Generally speaking"???

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. Ummmm......

all of the above.........

[havocmom]

5. +1

[leftstreet]

3. The masses have the power to scare the elite into controlling the masses

:beer:

[Amber Lamps]

4. From the barrel of a gun

And that flows down , generally speaking.

[Journeyman]

6. Same way water flows -- uphill, towards power and money. . .

Edited to add: The flow can be interrupted, but no matter which direction it travels, it is unnatural.

[PSzymeczek]

10. The same way raw sewage flows.

Downhill.

[bridgit]

7. Structural - all response options are coalesced there

[valerief]

8. Not from enough damn wind turbines, that's for sure! nt

[Odin2005]

9. Structural. Even if we got rid of the current bunch of elites...

...if there were no fundamental reform of society a new class of elites would emerge.

[Initech]

11. George Carlin put it best:

"The rich make all the money, pay none of the taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes, does all the work. And the poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep them showing up at those jobs!"