Stripping away the distracting BS, this is what it all boils down to. (In my opinion.) [View all]

[Armstead]

In our society, there is plenty to go around

But a tiny minority of people have far, far more money than they will ever possibly need or be able to spend in their lifetime.

A much larger minority of people are unable to afford the basics of life.

And a majority of people who have been able to support themselves are now being pushed downward by economic pressures.

The result is that the minority of poor will eventually become the majority. We are being dragged backward into a new Gilded Age of unbelievably wealthy and powerful Robber Barons contrasted with an immense majority of miserable masses.

And this is totally avoidable and can be fixed. But we don't bother to even really try.

Instead, collectively as a nation we either passively accept or actively support a set of values and policies that are intensifying this economic polarization -- and which are undermining the interests of the overall majority of the population.

And we claim to be rational?