Reply #79: Expose the Class Warfare by the Wealthy Class / Raise Class Consciousness

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I am utterly convinced that class is THE issue, all other issues are either a result of class issues or a deliberate distraction from class issues.

The Democrats need to enlighten the public on the systematic wealth transfer from those who work (but do not own) to those who own (but do not work). This rate of this wealth transfer is exponentially increasing and has been since about 1980.

The word 'class' needs to be distinguished from 'income level'. A person who makes $50/year from interest/dividends/business profits is in the 'upper (read owning) class' while a person who makes $150K/year from actual labor - mental or manual - is in the 'lower (read working) class. It has nothing to do with how much money a person makes, or what kind of work they do. It has everything to do with whether their money comes from the work they do (and they are paid a fraction of what they actually produce) or whether their money comes from skimming the value off of the work done by others.

W's program has systematically removed taxation from wealth (dividends, interest, capital gains, inheritance) and shifted the tax burden onto income earned by labor. That is a clear example of 'class warfare' and should remove any doubt that class analysis is an outdated or obsolete notion.

Class Consciousness - The Missing Factor - Existence Denied by the Right
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