"threatening uprisings" - very poetic but fucking dishonest as always. There's no threat only a prediction backed . I'm not the one that would be rioting. Why should I? I live comfortably. My children don't want for their next meal. With my wife and I both working at a time when others are in the unemployment office, we have multiple options for health coverage. Our assets greatly exceed our debt and we've set ourselves up with numerous ways to weather all but the perfect storm.

You tell me how your version of history comes to a different conclusion than what I predicted if the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen. Every fucking time that's occurred everywhere in the world during all phases of history, the level of violence, civil disobedience, and despair rises sharply. Nobody's immune from the effects and often the main targets are exactly who I detailed - business owners and corporate heads.

So I suppose in your version, the finger of blame points to those lawless scum inhabiting the ghettos and living out of their cars. They're somehow subhuman and naturally prone to violence instead of a strong work ethic. Let's give more to the rich and powerful so they'll, out of the kindness of their hearts, expand their businesses to make the world a better place for those poor uneducated souls by giving them a place at the table and a chance for upward mobility. Great fairy tale Tom but your guys had your chance and almost all they did was exploit. The gap widened. Trickle down economics was a fucking bust except to those that already had affluence and power.

So continue to push for more of the same but just know that you and your philosophical brethren won't be the only ones in the crosshairs from the eventual societal chaos if your plans for further empowerment of the wealthy succeed and all form of government regulation over business is removed. Any of us that have built solid and responsible lives will experience the violence and pain that always comes from gap widening and I'll fight tooth and nail to not allow that to happen to my family.

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