Economy

Demeter

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1. The American Dream

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 05:08 AM

Apr 2012

It is not possible to have Obscenely Wealthy people and anything else. The Obscenely Wealthy will have to be relieved of their unearned and undeserved hoards so that People have the means to live beyond total deprivation.

This solution isn't popular with the Obscenely Wealthy, despite its inevitability as seen throughout history and nature. But it will happen. The questions are: when and how?

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