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In reply to the discussion: I waited and I waited for help but all the rich people just stared at me and kept eating. [View all]gkhouston
(21,642 posts)The underclass (which to them is 98-99% of the population) aren't "people" for most of the rich; they're useful appliances. As a whole, the rich neither understand the underclass nor is interested in trying to understand the underclass. "Little people" can be disregarded. The problem with that attitude is that it will eventually lead to a situation where the "little people" have so little that they have nothing to lose by kicking over the traces and rebelling against the system.
You want to live a cushy existence as a rich person? First, be lucky enough to be rich, and second, be smart enough to realize that "the underclass" is far more likely to be content with what they have if they actually possess something: decent housing, schooling, incomes, healthcare, and pensions. From the noises being made in Congress, there seems to be a short supply of the smart rich, and that could lead to some very ugly "readjustments" down the road.