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Who are the 1% and what do they own?
don't post a graph if you the resolution on the text is poor, it makes your site look like shit.
One look at the blurry graphs and I was out of there, maybe I shouldn't feel that there will be no good, interesting, or accurate analysis from a page looks like shit, but I do.
"In other words, it’s a more complex and heterogeneous group than the image of the 1 percent that’s been popularized by the 99 percenters."
I think this misses the point. I don't think most people case if doctors and pilots and manufacturing managers make a lot of money. They do a lot of good in society. The ones who have gained the most in the last thirty years, the financial professionals, may not be the biggest share of the top 1%, but they have made virtually 100% of their money by swindling the rest of us. That's the main issue I have, anyway. Every dollar a bank makes is a dollar that's taken from others, rather than generated.
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thenewgreen · 4852 days ago · link ·
"100% by swindling the rest of us?" -That may be a bit overstated and simplistic, no? Humans have been battling with the "banks" since the inception of money. Even Jesus was said to, "overthrow the tables of the money counters". But the banks perform a function that we find valuable to a degree. It's not all swindling. Let's not paint with too broad of strokes.