The Meritocracy Myth: How the Super-Rich Really Make Their Money

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3. The majority of the elite members of the meritocracy (oligarchy, corptocracy, etc.) in America

are thieves on a grand scale.
While "they" may have deregulated their financial schemes, stealing is still illegal and should be prosecuted
commensurate with the theft.
Instead "we?" (not me) celebrate and idolize these thieves, allow them to live in unimaginable luxury and make us feel incompetent.
OTOH, if a member of the working class were to commit these hugely profitable crimes they would spend most of their lives
in for-profit prisons and forfeit all of the proceeds from their felony plus fines that they would never be able to pay.
For "commoners" bank robbery is punished as harshly as murder. For "elites," IF their actions are investigated and deemed illegal, they are "fined" a small percentage of their "loot" and set free on society to perpetrate more crimes against those least able to
afford it.
In many states there is a "3 strike" rule. If you commit 3 felonies (there is a huge difference between what is considered a
felony, depending on what class you are born into) you are considered a habitual criminal and imprisoned for life. For the elite, the more financial felonies that you commit, the more you are compensated and "respected" as an
astute business person.
No wonder the g.o.p. wants to disenfranchise voters. They are afraid that people may realize this and vote against those who support
such disgusting inequality between the classes.