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Thom Hartmann: The 1% Don't Really Live In Our America

jmzero says...

To be in the top 1% you have to make (according to random Googling) $343,927. You don't have private jets and your own security detachment on $350k. This is kind of orthogonal to the overall discussion, and certainly $350k is still a lot of money, but I do think it's worth clarifying that the 1% are not the ultra-rich. That's more like the .08% or something.

It's also worth noting that, absolutely contrary to some of the very stupid propositions in this video (I've mentioned before how I hate this disingenuous, melodramatic prick), these "ultra-rich" are hardly unified in their political outlook. Sure there are hard-nosed laissez-faire capitalists who think the poor are lazy and don't care about anyone but themselves as long as they have moustache wax (or something), but there's also tons of them (probably the majority) who are progressives/socialists/whatever.

Rich people are no different than any other group in that it's tempting to try to summarize them - and politicians especially love to try. They earned their money, and they deserve it. They stole it. They exploit. They only care about money. They're not in touch with the real world. They're smarter. They're less ethical. They lean right. They lean left.

Those things are all true, and are all not true. And none of those generalizations are helpful.

It's not a war between rich and poor, it's a war between ideas. How should society work? What are society's responsibilities to the poor, needy, or sick? When it comes to distributing wealth, what's fair and right?

And people DO NOT just vote for what they think would benefit them now. Many rich people believe things should be more equitable and that it's not fair that some should have so much while others have so little. Conversely, many poor people firmly believe in a kind of personal responsibility where it's wrong to take money from someone to help out someone else.

But US politics is dominated -- dominated -- by this "us vs. them" mentality; people buy into it with their souls. They pick a team, and just stick with it. Individually, most people (rich or poor, Republican/Democrat/whatever) are good. But on these teams they make horrible decisions - and it's destroying the bloody world.

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How can you not be romantic about baseball? (Sports Talk Post)

dag says...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I think they're pretty comparable, here are some points of similarity:

1. Generally boring as hell
2. Stats obsessed
3. Pudgy players
4. ostensibly "global" but really just played professionally by a few countries



>> ^kymbos:

Poor man's cricket, old bean.
<Strokes moustache, taps pipe on cane chair>

How can you not be romantic about baseball? (Sports Talk Post)

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mintbbb says...

Thanks for the quality!

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It's always a surprising experience when you realise "oh... so that's how you do it!” For decades I've been open doors with my mouth like Gregor Samsa in 'The Metamorphosis’ .... *cough* *cough*... Kafka joke anyone... No English majors online? Ahh forget it, you guys are no fun : BTW that’s one *quality moustache.

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ZappaDanMan says...

It's always a surprising experience when you realise "oh... so that's how you do it!” For decades I've been open doors with my mouth like Gregor Samsa in 'The Metamorphosis’ .... *cough* *cough*... Kafka joke anyone... No English majors online? Ahh forget it, you guys are no fun BTW that’s one *quality moustache.

Beautiful Jumping Spider,

Tom Selleck's moustache improves EVERYTHING.

Tom Selleck's moustache improves EVERYTHING.

Tom Selleck's moustache improves EVERYTHING.

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