The Rich are not like Us

[ConsAreLiars]

To define a couple of terms --

"The Rich" -- These are not the people with more money than any decent person would consider justifiable; those are well off, privileged, parasites, whatever. "The Rich" are are in a class far above that group. See the L-Curve site http://www.lcurve.org/ for more about the difference between the top 1/2% and the rest of "Us."

"Us" -- We are "the people." We don't exert power as individuals, only collectively. Whether we know it or not, there is more in common between the Lawyer who represents a vagrant and his client than between either of them and "The Rich." An excerpt from the L-Curve site: "Some doctors and lawyers and professional people, with incomes over a hundred thousand dollars may feel "rich". They may have nicer homes and cars, and they may have attitudes that separate them from the masses. But they still must work for a living and are primarily consumers of their earnings. Whether they recognize it or not, they actually have more in common with the people at the bottom than they do with the people in the top 1/2%.

With that said, I am 99.99% certain that none of The Rich are registered here at DU, although their may be some who buy their story.

Unlike Us, The Rich take for granted their right to exercise power in any way that suits their interests. Common morality is not a factor. Theirs is the morality of "noblesse oblige," and only to the extent it furthers the accumulation of wealth and power. Ordering mass lay-offs or using Pinkertons and the National Guard to murder strikers a few decades back is no different morally than now using the US military and CACI to dominate the Middle East oil regions.

Unlike Us, The Rich are cowards of the worst sort. They have never had to face any danger in their lives, other than the off chance of a meteor hit. They live behind walls none of us will ever penetrate, travel to places we will never see, and they can toss millions into the toilet with no impact on their everyday lives.

And unlike Us, The Rich decide our future.

And unlike Us, The Rich believe they will never face the consequences of the decisions they make.

And unlike Us, The Rich don't care if we live or die.