The Birth of the New American Aristocracy

[barryqwalsh]

The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem.

 

[barryqwalsh]

I’ve joined a new aristocracy now, even if we still call ourselves meritocratic winners. If you are a typical reader of The Atlantic, you may well be a member too. (And if you’re not a member, my hope is that you will find the story of this new class even more interesting—if also more alarming.)


The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

 

[sparky]

 

[Mousterian]

Extreme inequality usually ends in a very bloody revolution. How long have we got?

 

[sparky]

Extreme inequality usually ends in a very bloody revolution. How long have we got?

It was last week, we missed it...>>

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Extreme inequality usually ends in a very bloody revolution. How long have we got?

Income redistrubution usually ends in mass starvation and death camps.
Class warfare is marxism 101.

 

[sparky]