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This should end with the bottom glasses shattering because they can't handle the weight (Original Post) MrScorpio Jun 2016 OP
BOOM! Der it iz! That's exactly right. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #1
Yes, they need one more panel for that image. (nt) enough Jun 2016 #2
Great cartoon lovemydog Jun 2016 #3
WOOT ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #4
The problem with the whole concept is that when the bottom row shatters, Stonepounder Jun 2016 #5
Yep! A tale of two perspectives. brush Jun 2016 #17
Brought to you by Raygun Angry Dragon Jun 2016 #6
NOVA proved glass is terribly strong unfortunately. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #7
Well it also doesn't grow as more and more wine is poured into it ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #8
Where did it all go? Helen Borg Jun 2016 #9
We're told we're richer than ever... Ron Obvious Jun 2016 #10
That is exactly what's happening now. ananda Jun 2016 #11
Bingo... MrScorpio Jun 2016 #12
The neo-Laffer curve AlbertCat Jun 2016 #13
Tides don't rise from the top down. JHB Jun 2016 #14
At it's best the Horse and Sparrow theory is a very inefficient way to feed birds Major Nikon Jun 2016 #15
And all the while the 1% wine it ain't enough. kairos12 Jun 2016 #16

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
5. The problem with the whole concept is that when the bottom row shatters,
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 02:47 PM
Jun 2016

that is, when the bottom row can no longer support themselves and all of the 'privileged few' above them, when the bottom row can no longer put food on the table for their children, that is when the pitchforks come out and the "Committee for Public Safety" gains sway. And the 'haves' have absolutely no idea why or what is happening. They only know that the tumbrils are coming to take them away.

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
7. NOVA proved glass is terribly strong unfortunately.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 03:00 PM
Jun 2016

but if the bottom is tilted too steep, it becomes UNSTABLE.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
10. We're told we're richer than ever...
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:16 PM
Jun 2016

... and yet we can't seem to afford the things we used to take for granted: infrastructure, education, healthcare, politics free of lobbying, science and the environment.

Something's wrong...

ananda

(28,783 posts)
11. That is exactly what's happening now.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 05:08 PM
Jun 2016

Societies are collapsing, and human behavior
is getting more insane and erratic.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
12. Bingo...
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 05:22 PM
Jun 2016

The worst thing about this is the fact that the infrastructure on which the oligarchy stands is crumbling from neglect, all because their cronies are diverting resources to the very top.

They have the most to lose and they're going to make like even more miserable in general once this house of cards falls.

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