If I were writing a song about “rich men north of richmond” I wouldnt talk about obese people on welfare, I’d sing about CEOs who make 400 times their average workers salary (up from 50 times 30 years ago) & corps that pay zero taxes & offshore tax shelters for billionaires.
Why is he not writing a song then?
Plus Rich Men North of Richmond does not invalidate his point about CEOs or corps paying zero taxes.
I'd be willing to bet the offshore tax shelters are taken advantage of by politicians at a much higher rate than CEOs. CEOs tend to make their money in things like unrealized capital gains value and just ride their net worth without actually technically profiting from it. They are also with companies that tend to employ tons of people. Politicians on the other hand somehow get filthy rich from low paying public service jobs.
"I would actually write the song about anodyne talking points we've been over ad infinitum" Thanks for your input cornhole
Wealth inequality is actually a threat to civilization though, due to the separation from humanity that occurs above $25 billion dollars or so. Or maybe the bar is far under that. Regardless, it should be called the "wealth gap" or something less faggoty.
Morals b slipping but it definitely has to do with wealth too. You can't say "race has nothing to do with crime, I've met a few white carjackers myself"
Black Rock is a threat because of who they are. Not what. The inability to leave decent people alone, the desire to control towards immoral outcomes, greed and hunger for souls, those things are evil.
Having more of something than you? That's not evil.
Inequality is a fact of the universe. "Equal" is a false idol and a satanic principle.
He didn't say having more made them evil, he said it made them a threat.
Wealth inequality is a bit like "proliferation of nuclear weapons" yeah the existence of the weapons isn't evil, but the more of it that exists the higher the odds get that some bastard will get notions
Evil? I'm not assigning automatic moral status to hyper rich people. I'm not a communist. But someone (or a corporation) with $50 billion is playing Simcity with cheat codes and that's a lot of power for someone to wield without getting corrupted.
Inequality and hierarchy are permanent and necessary, but simple ideology has its limits as hierarchy deepens. That's the practical reality.
Your interests and the interests of billionaires are not the same. They want cheap labor flooding the country, a deracinated proto-consumer feeding on goyslop, and in some cases they have a God complex and a transhuman mission. Are there a few good ones? Sure. Do we keep supporting low corporate taxes and making ourselves irrelevant like the last 20 years? No.
I'd welcome Bahai over Islam any day, but for someone like Rainn Wilson it's a cult. Sort of like when American celebrities become Buddhists. (Richard Gere)
They know the 'broken window' theory is effective which is why they try to keep their 'evil elite' crap as large and nebulous as possible. Frankly we take care of the parasites crawling underfoot and the big fish won't be so insurmountable.
Why is he not writing a song then?
Plus Rich Men North of Richmond does not invalidate his point about CEOs or corps paying zero taxes.
I'd be willing to bet the offshore tax shelters are taken advantage of by politicians at a much higher rate than CEOs. CEOs tend to make their money in things like unrealized capital gains value and just ride their net worth without actually technically profiting from it. They are also with companies that tend to employ tons of people. Politicians on the other hand somehow get filthy rich from low paying public service jobs.
"I would actually write the song about anodyne talking points we've been over ad infinitum" Thanks for your input cornhole
Wealth inequality is actually a threat to civilization though, due to the separation from humanity that occurs above $25 billion dollars or so. Or maybe the bar is far under that. Regardless, it should be called the "wealth gap" or something less faggoty.
It has nothing to do with wealth. I've met more than a few middle and lower class inhumans myself.
It has to do with morals. They don't have any.
Morals b slipping but it definitely has to do with wealth too. You can't say "race has nothing to do with crime, I've met a few white carjackers myself"
What I'm saying is that "wealth inequality" isn't a factor. It certainly isn't a "threat to civilization" either.
It absolutely is a threat to civilization, and it's easy to prove. You know Blackrock is a threat. Just extend the logic.
Disney could literally afford to propagandize children for nearly 10 years before they started to see any consequences.
Black Rock is a threat because of who they are. Not what. The inability to leave decent people alone, the desire to control towards immoral outcomes, greed and hunger for souls, those things are evil.
Having more of something than you? That's not evil.
Inequality is a fact of the universe. "Equal" is a false idol and a satanic principle.
He didn't say having more made them evil, he said it made them a threat.
Wealth inequality is a bit like "proliferation of nuclear weapons" yeah the existence of the weapons isn't evil, but the more of it that exists the higher the odds get that some bastard will get notions
Now do guns.
Evil? I'm not assigning automatic moral status to hyper rich people. I'm not a communist. But someone (or a corporation) with $50 billion is playing Simcity with cheat codes and that's a lot of power for someone to wield without getting corrupted.
Inequality and hierarchy are permanent and necessary, but simple ideology has its limits as hierarchy deepens. That's the practical reality.
Your interests and the interests of billionaires are not the same. They want cheap labor flooding the country, a deracinated proto-consumer feeding on goyslop, and in some cases they have a God complex and a transhuman mission. Are there a few good ones? Sure. Do we keep supporting low corporate taxes and making ourselves irrelevant like the last 20 years? No.
"wealth inequality" is fake and gay.
Hotter take. I bet he's a pedophile.
He's definitely a cultist, he follows an Iranian cult religion.
I don't think that's fair; Bahai is not a cult.
The hell it's not.
I'd welcome Bahai over Islam any day, but for someone like Rainn Wilson it's a cult. Sort of like when American celebrities become Buddhists. (Richard Gere)
Wtf kind of name is Rainn anyway?
How much more money than normal people has poor ol Dwight made in his life so far?
Is he not on the street right now crying that having made so much more than any normal person ever will just is not enought?
That line is about how welfare for someone that is killing themselves with food isn't helping them.
Of course the left will seize on an uncharitable misinterpretation of it so that they can deflect blame from their own policies.
It’s a working class anthem. There’s vitriol enough for both the entitlement leeches and the sociopathic elites.
Is this a case of actor thinking they are their character?
They know the 'broken window' theory is effective which is why they try to keep their 'evil elite' crap as large and nebulous as possible. Frankly we take care of the parasites crawling underfoot and the big fish won't be so insurmountable.