The F Word: Inequality Drives Egyptians to Streets, But Ours Is Worse

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/laura-flanders/34035/the-f-word-inequality-drives-egyptians-to-streets-but-ours-is-worse

It's amazing what inequality can drive people to, eventually. Just look at Egypt.

"These big guys are stealing all the money," one 24-year-old textile worker standing at his second job as a fruit peddler told a reporter this weekend. "People are desperate."

"I wish we could be like the United States with a democracy, but we cannot," said another.

And so they protest, regardless of police batons, curfews and shootings. With over a 150 estimated dead, a march of millions is scheduled for Tuesday.

More at the link --

[Recursion]

1. Except, it's not inequality, it's poverty

Would it really make you happier to be poor as long as everybody else was closer to your income?

[Buzz Clik]

2. "More at the link --" Not really.

That was a disappointingly shallow piece.