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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:52 AM Original message |
The 1 Percenters think that they own the world... That they also own everything and everyone in it. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think you have Bill Gates and Warren Buffett confused with the Koch brothers. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. depends on how you look at it. They are products of the same system. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I guess if Gates education push offends you then that makes sense. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, because the actions of one product of a flawed system |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. lol - it's not the individual actor it's the system. |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. the policies he supports and funds are pretty much ruining public education in this country nt. |
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Chiquitita (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. true |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Gates supports the destruction of public education. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. A Capitalist is a Capitalist is a Capitalist. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well that's because they do own most of it. |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. D'oh. But it's not because of simple capitalism. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I disagree - capitalism is inherently unequal and only encourages greed and corruption. |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Every form of human organization is "inherently unequal." The Pareto curve.... |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bingo! |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. The 1% stole $7-trillion using the mortgage part of Big Bubble II 2003-2008. |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. end of the current dynamics IS one billionaire owning the planet. All of it |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. The Bourbons and Romanovs used to believe that too. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think the 1%ers have never worked a day in their lives (for the most part) |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. They do own a lot of it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R! |
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