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Originally Posted by RainMaker
One of the few benefits of a plutocracy is that it quells great civil unrest.
Business is the crux of the United States and any major conflicts would be bad for business. We've killed 200,000 this year to make sure the DOW stayed up. Plenty more where that came from too.
Once a conflict in this country starts costing the wealthiest some money, they'll make sure it ends.
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LOL we went down similar roads at the same time. I guess I thought the wealthiest already would have - but you're probably right, they're pushing pretty hard against the edges right now, but maybe in that next 10-15 years we get a paltry minimum wage hike and medicaid expansion (this time not proposed by a black man, so the poor/republican states that need it will feel okay taking it) to keep people going just enough that the rest of us can convince them its their own fault that they're stuck and suffering and enough of them believe us that we chug along awhile longer.
Ah well.