Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

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Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

 

[saveliberty]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

 

[IM2]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

Beware of whites crying about a avatar.

 

[Papageorgio]

I worry more about politicians that want to change the world, it usually takes part of our freedom and more money. The greedy government is not about change, it’s about empowering government.

 

[night_son]

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

As opposed to ideologues high on revolutionary philosophy who have changed the world by mass murdering the working class, well, it's a tough choice but sign me up with the capo di tutti capi capitalist pigs. Oink!

 

[Dogmaphobe]

O.K.

First it's your diapers IM2, and THEN the world.

 

[JGalt]

Everybody wants to change the world, nobody wants to change themselves...

 

[JGalt]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

True that. The pumping fist is the symbol of violence, thuggery, and oppression given to us by wonderful shitheads such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.

Anyone bearing that mark can shove both their pumping fist and whatever "revolution" BS they're peddling, right up their own ass.

 

[whitehall]

Don't forget George Soros who bankrolls the ironically tax exempt left wing propaganda machine Media Matters. Zuckerberg is chump change compared to Soros who doesn't even pretend to be unbiased "we monitor (only) conservative speech".

 

[night_son]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

True that. The pumping fist is the symbol of violence, thuggery, and oppression given to us by wonderful shitheads such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.

Anyone bearing that mark can shove both their pumping fist and whatever "revolution" BS they're peddling, right up their own ass.

I for one feel very fortunate there still exist other anti-revolution Americans out there. Whew! Half expecting the Jacobins and Girondists to come crashing through my glass sliding doors with all this "capitalism is evil" talk. Not really, well maybe. Composers of radical Leftist ideology (mostly atheists) always want to liberate the working class from the evil rich people of the world . . . liberate them right into their graves. Power to the People(s) graves. That's the Leftist's motto.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Papageorgio wins the thread.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

That's what that means?

I just thought he was in to fisting.

 

[JGalt]

I worry more about politicians that want to change the world, it usually takes part of our freedom and more money. The greedy government is not about change, it’s about empowering government.

Has President Trump taken more of your freedom and money away from you, and is he increasing the size and scope of the government?

 

[Papageorgio]

I worry more about politicians that want to change the world, it usually takes part of our freedom and more money. The greedy government is not about change, it’s about empowering government.

Has President Trump taken more of your freedom and money away from you, and is he increasing the size and scope of the government?

Trump is not the government, he is one person in government however he is not the government.

 

[saveliberty]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

Beware of whites crying about a avatar.

Who said I was crying Mr.Thug Life?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

Hope & Change motherfucker.....

 

[Wyatt earp]

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

“Change the world” has long been the cry of the oppressed. But in recent years world-changing has been co-opted by the rich and the powerful.

“Change the world. Improve lives. Invent something new,” McKinsey & Company’s recruiting materials say. “Sit back, relax, and change the world,” tweets the World Economic Forum, host of the Davos conference. “Let’s raise the capital that builds the things that change the world,” a Morgan Stanley ad says. Walmart, recruiting a software engineer, seeks an “eagerness to change the world.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook says, “The best thing to do now, if you want to change the world, is to start a company.”

At first, you think: Rich people making a difference — so generous! Until you consider that America might not be in the fix it’s in had we not fallen for the kind of change these winners have been selling: fake change.

Fake change isn’t evil; it’s milquetoast. It is change the powerful can tolerate. It’s the shoes or socks or tote bag you bought which promised to change the world. It’s that one awesome charter school — not equally funded public schools for all. It is Lean In Circles to empower women — not universal preschool. It is impact investing — not the closing of the carried-interest loophole.

Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm.

More.

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

Thanks for the heads up on Tom Steyer ..


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[Ray From Cleveland]

True that. The pumping fist is the symbol of violence, thuggery, and oppression given to us by wonderful shitheads such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.

Nah uh, it does not

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Beware of people using upheld fists wanting to change the world.

Beware of whites crying about a avatar.

You should see what I read from liberals about mine.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

American elites are monopolizing progress, and monopolies can be broken. Aggressive policies to protect workers, redistribute income, and make education and health affordable would bring real change. But such measures could also prove expensive for the winners. Which gives them a strong interest in convincing the public that they can help out within the system that so benefits the winners.

Before a mod closes the thread for no original content, I just want to say that this article describes Socialism; a system of government Democrats strongly say they don't support. But of course they support Democrat/ Socialism because somehow that's supposed to be different.



The thing is there are multiple countries that offer this kind of "change" the author wrote about, but he nor any of his ilk have ever left this country to try out theirs first. Instead, complain that we should be more like them.

This is the most successful country in the world because it is a capitalist system; a system where one is rewarded according to their investment, ideas and work. The top 20% of wage earners in this country pay most all of the collected federal income tax, yet when the left cries for more, they never turn towards the other half of the country that doesn't pay anything, they just say the people who fund this country don't fund it enough.