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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:48 AM Apr 2013

Papantonio: The American Plutocracy

The following interview is from the April 21st, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV (http://www.freespeech.org/ringoffire). The gap between the “Haves” and the “Have Nots” continues to grow at an alarming rate. As a result, our country is creeping closer and closer to becoming a full-blown Plutocracy. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorneys Joe Cotchett and Howard Nations.

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Papantonio: The American Plutocracy (Original Post) GoLeft TV Apr 2013 OP
We ALL know this to be the truth. dotymed Apr 2013 #1
The 4th estate has been given ctsnowman Apr 2013 #2
Billionaires creating Millionaires to mikeysnot Apr 2013 #5
blah blah blah & nothing improves significantly again and again Amonester Apr 2013 #3
The answer is: Newest Reality Apr 2013 #4

ctsnowman

(1,903 posts)
2. The 4th estate has been given
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:17 AM
Apr 2013

Estates to keep them in line. No one making seven figure salaries wants real change because they are doing just fine.

mikeysnot

(4,756 posts)
5. Billionaires creating Millionaires to
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 06:54 PM
Apr 2013

do there bidding, spread the think tank messages and catapult the propaganda.



Amonester

(11,541 posts)
3. blah blah blah & nothing improves significantly again and again
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:42 AM
Apr 2013

and the gap between the havemores and the havenots keeps skyrocketing year after year

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. The answer is:
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 02:55 PM
Apr 2013

Neo-Feudalism!

If you extrapolate America blowing its load of national wealth on defense, (offense) and most of what's left get's sucked into the one-percent's Vacuum of Privilege, then you see what's left go into the battalions and agencies of the Militant Guardians of Interior Freedoms, (conveniently growing in correlation to wealth gap), there is one strong potential outcome.

Most of us will be working for someone simply for room and board. Pay will become obsolete because the actual owners of a country are under no obligation to do anything but keep their Serfs alive and nourished enough to work hard.

Ah, there are people finding themselves in this position already.

Lords a' comin'. Hail Koch, and all that.

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