We're WEIRD. Get over it.

[pbrower2a]

(09-21-2020, 01:48 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(09-19-2020, 10:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: America's economic elites are proving themselves far more adept at grabbing the fruits of prosperity than at creating prosperity. America is now normal, I suppose, if "normal" means something like Imperial Russia in its last years, when this was the reality:

Yep. This is the Democratic Quasi Socialist/Capitalist system that I've been trying to point out to you and warn you about for years.

Wrong. This image is dated, and it refers basically to the Gilded Age for which some of our economic elites wax nostalgic. If you can't read the copyright date, then you can at the least recognize the styles of the elites and the weapons of the soldiers. 

Today, emperors and kings would be much less relevant than Presidents and Prime Ministers.  Except for the military, the elites are similar in sartorial style except if at leisure. "We Fool You" is not so much the local priest or pastor but instead the prosperity-cult televangelist, the financial scammer, and the abusive pundit (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity).   

Quote:This makes it really easy for you to see. The bag of money on top are mainly tax dollars. It has a bunch of lawyers and judges and radical groups instead of an army/police state.

Wrong. It is mostly assets of the economic elites. Money is simply the conduit from one rich person to another through perhaps a worker paid something who buys the means of sustenance.  

Quote:Our capitalist system has God on top, an economic system comprised of those who believe in God, believe in a natural order and natural law.

That god is Mammon.

Quote:Like I said, when we decide we've had enough and opt out, you can see what's going to happen. So, where do you see yourself in the cake? You're not at the bottom holding up you're share of the weight. You're a poor cake eater leaching off my talents.

None of us can really opt out.