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In reply to the discussion: Why do we tolerate mega-wealth? [View all]newdemocrat999
(37 posts)My question is why as humans do we tolerate poverty in our country ?
We like to put ourselves on top of the food chain and then we watch brutal nature videos
of other species hunting and killing for food , territory .
I think we are the brutal ones not the animals we watch. We allow people to die or live a shorter life because they can't afford a medicine that is on a shelf 15 feet away. Or they can't afford a healthy food as they walk by it a foot away.
That's what's crazy to me.
As to the article , it's because the rich or the 1% learned a very , very , very long time ago.
Have an army or police force , give them just enough to not feel hunger or thirst . Have a place they can have shelter and they will
follow orders .
It hasn't changed . Hire a police force or an army , give them good medical , good dental , give them a pension , give them a roof over their heads , and they also will follow orders .
That's why sir we tolerate wealth , because it's backed up by a gun. It's not the rich or the politicians who have to carry a gun.
They only need to control the armies that do .