poprock wrote:I think one problem we face is that the staggering inequality is hard to visualise. The masses don’t rise up against a vague idea. The super-rich have been portrayed for so long as something to aspire to - rather than something to be afraid of, or to hate. And the super-rich are so mixed up with our political class that our national leaders are doing everything they can to maintain (even increase) the inequality.
It’s one of those wicked problems. Taxing the rich seems like the simple answer, but actually … the rich would just move their paper wealth around and avoid paying up. The entire system is geared towards helping them do so.
You'll understand if I choose not to answer that.Diluted Dante wrote:Wookie, hypothetically, what sort of drone would I need to be able to carry a gun?
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