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Elon Musk on pace to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027, report says
(www.theguardian.com)
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And poor people still die homeless in the street.
You'd think pitchforks would sell well. But apathy seems incurable, as people appear to have internalized staggering levels of inequality as a fact of normal life.
It's not apathy, it's fatigue... Growing up poor is brutal.
I'm not talking about the poor: as you say, they're tired and the assaults of ultra-capitalism are relentless.
I'm talking about the middle class which, in the eyes of the ultra-rich, is just as insignificant as the ultra-poor, and is really only a few paychecks away from the same fate.
Middle class people happily ignores the fate of their fellow man in the street, bow their head and say nothing, believing if they don't make too much fuss, the ultra-rich will maintain the status quo and they won't do too badly.
That's us. WE should pick up the pitchfork. We have the energy and we have a good reason, because really, we're just slightly better than the poor and we pay a lot more taxes than the ultra-billionnaire sumbitches. But we don't.