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In reply to the discussion: Le Pen beats Macron in France as nationalists gain in EU vote [View all]srobertss
(261 posts)It seems like they study each other to figure out how to structure society to get more riches to get to the head of the pack. They seem disconnected from community and reality. I keep remembering the clip of the Dutch historian at Davos who asked why tax avoidance was a forbidden topic at the conference. I also remember another clip from Davos where the head of Dell laughingly scoffed at high marginal tax rates. He asked where in history that ever worked and the Washington Post economic reporter agreed and said, Maybe briefly in the 80s in the US. That just dropped my jaw. I think there was someone from MIT who mentioned the period of the great compression in the US with 90% marginal tax rates, but he did so by saying he wasnt advocating for it. Theyre literally killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
And a lot of them are preparing escape bunkers to escape from social collapse, Im guessing partly in response to the climate crisis. Climate change is pressuring the global north with the stresses from the global south and we will be seeing more of that, along with income inequality.