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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:23 PM Original message |
Do the rich really need the rest of us? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Secessio plebis: |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It would never work today |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I didn't reply to suggest it should be done; but to suggest that the rich do need the non-rich. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And I'm just pointing out that the rich will never be without a supply of willing servants |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I disagree. Class struggle has existed since humanity existed. We're just no where close |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I agree that class struggle has always existed |
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GTurck (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. The plebeians... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Without the worker bees to fill their champange glasses their money |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Yes, but there are 7 billion people on earth |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. But there wouldn't be enough of highly-trained professionals like |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. What you say is very true -- for the present. But India is coming |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Do you honestly think they won't find willing serfs outside the USA? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. They've forgotten that they need us |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. They don't need as many of us as there is |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No, but they need someone to clean their toilets, repair their cars |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. good for you! :) |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Due to outsourcing/global econ.... the answer is no. They don't rely upon us so they |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think we need each other |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I have no need for the Koch Bros, Karl Rove, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Do they need us? |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Do we need them? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. They need us until they have what is left of the wealth |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. At this point what they don't have is marginal |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. At first glance, this seemed a very easy answer... |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't think they need to escape. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. What is a MIC? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. They don't need us. That's why should ensure that they fear us |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yeah, i need yo bankrupt a** to clean my toilet. |
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think (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. A better question might be Do we really need the rich? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Darn right! Now that's a good question... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. self delete |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. since the question answers itself, we should figure out where they are going and burn it to the |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Rich Need Us, But We DON'T Need Them, and |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Idealism will bury Capitalism |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. more than we need them |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Without the workers who are they? |
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