The Concentration of Wealth

This graphic graphic demonstrates the ultimate truth. The antics of politicians, the whining of commentators, even the cruelties of ICE are but the outward manifestations of the radical concentration of wealth in the United States. That transformation of the economy has fueled a bankrupt narcissist culture that promotes the worship of the indulgent behavior of the rich and that pushes through all of society the political, economic, and technological means to realize a slave society, in one form or another.

If someone is complaining about evil, but ignoring this reality of the control of production, distribution, sales, information, and education by a handful of the super-rich, then they are not being honest with you, and probably not being honest with himself/herself.

I am defending the Russian Revolution, or the Chinese Revolution, here. I would be happy to discuss the successes and failures of the experiments undertaken between 1917-1973 in an objective manner at a later date. But I think we have to ask ourselves whether the emergence of a radical alternative, a society in which the needs of workers was made primary (at least in political rhetoric and mainstream journalism) was the primary reason that the United States and other nations were pressured to adopt policies that were at least aimed at creating greater equality, even if extreme wealth remained hidden.

The conclusion for us today must be that we must create an equitable society first, and not limit ourselves to a hunt for some evil people, some bad apples. That process is not so hard to understand and undertake. But it requires bravery and it requires citizens to face some hard truths.

One can justify the seizure of the wealth of the parasite class if you link them to the 9/11 incident, the massive fraud at the Pentagon and the Federal Reserve, to the COVID reign of terror, and to other crimes against the citizens. Then it becomes obvious that their ill-got wealth, plus massive fines, must be paid to we the people. But if you pretend that none of these things happened, then the concentration of wealth will only get worse and worse.

(Source: WSWS)