The Pitchforks Are Coming For Us Plutocrats (2014)

This article is certainly an interesting read, but it seems like the only idea proposed is a higher minimum wage, the results of which seem to be mixed (https://grow.acorns.com/how-seattles-minimum-wage-has-change..., https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/13/20690266/seattle..., https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/news/2303-effect...). From what I've read, the academic study that paints the best possible picture says that for a 10% increase in the minimum wage, Seattle saw a 1% increase in wages (one…

I have never seen the public respond so unanimously to something. Even for, say, bin Laden's death, there was quite a variety of responses easily found. And in case anybody thinks of that "Stalin quote", it's actually by Kurt Tucholsky.

And as plutocrats have always done, they will find scape-goats to slaughter. Until one of the scape-goat Shepard proofs a little harder to steer and the whole fun adventure slides into civil war. Thus ended the lesson. The funny thing is that right now, the mercenary part of the us-army is another repeated mistake , the old Romans did. Once the US ceases to be a green-card dream, why should those soldiers fight and die for a unreachable price? And…

Heh remember reading this in 2014... but still waiting for the pitchforks. The mind control is too strong.