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Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - Barnabus - 05-11-2012 01:21 PM
I found this article quite amusing, well worth a rant!
Sympathy for the rich
The rich just keep on getting richer. In most developed nations inequality has been growing for decades; last year the OECD reported that its 34 member countries were more unequal than at any time in the past 30 years. As the gulf between rich and poor rises up the political agenda so it has become an object of scientific study. The findings are not encouraging for anyone.
There is already ample evidence that people at the bottom suffer a range of health problems. More controversially, unequal societies appear to have higher levels of social ills, from teenage pregnancy to violence and obesity, that affect quality of life across the board.
Now there is another reason to decry growing inequality. Greater wealth correlates with selfishness and lack of empathy, which might help explain why the divide persists and the rich seem so reluctant to close it.
Apologists for inequality argue that it is harmless, or even a powerful motivator. The evidence suggests otherwise. A huge gap between have and have-nots is bad both for individuals and for society. It is in everybody's interests that we narrow it
REF: The New Scientist No2861 (21st April 2012)
RE: Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - darksun84 - 05-11-2012 07:59 PM
I think that the middle class in first world countries is disappearing, instead i read that in developping countries, the number of people with a super low daily income is quite decreasing.
RE: Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - Barnabus - 05-11-2012 08:53 PM
I once remeber seeing this Aristocrate talk about the middle class, saying that that both the rich and the poor live of them, as if they are the ones that do all the work, and the classes on either side milk the shit out of them. The Aristorcrate was a woman and she spoke about the middle class as if they were idiots lol. Thats always stuck in my head that.
RE: Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - darksun84 - 05-11-2012 11:34 PM
Well , at least she recognized herself as a parasite
RE: Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - Barnabus - 05-11-2012 11:40 PM
LOL I know, she was as blunt as a ball !
RE: Feed the Poor, Eat the Rich. - AngryLocomotive - 05-17-2012 06:59 AM
Where do we start ? o_O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9FRSghXhDM&feature=plcp <- millions and millions of views and likes. Only shows how fucked this world is. In general - capitalism's guilt.