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Originally Posted by Brannigans Law
I don't think there's any one person or group doing that either. The problem is that the middle class is shrinking. The enormous wealth generated and being hoarded by the very elite few is coming at the cost of stagnating the "wealth" of the poor and eroding the middle the class. All this new wealth is essentially staying in their hands too. It's not being funneled down. Any society that wants itself to be great has to have something for people to work for, and a strong middleclass is a vital piece of that. People should be able to have 2 jobs in a family, support kids, and put them to school. That should be a right of any citizen willing to work. If you can't make a go of it while working 40 hours because the pay is so bad or the 40 hours isn't there, something is wrong.
This kind of blurs the issue without cause. Look, approach it the other way around then. If 85 people have the wealth of 3.5 billion, that means they control the lions share of all wealth on Earth. So in a way, yes, they are hoarding it like Smaug.
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You should probably find a new job or develop new skills that allow you to make a go of it on 40 hours a week. And guess what, the people that have managed to escape the middle class don't work 40 hours a week.
Once again, who is actively preventing you or anyone else from achieving their full potential?
The danger to future generations lies in perpetuating the idea that there is some bare minimum effort that will allow you to be 'comfortable'. Why don't we try teaching kids to be sharks; keep moving forward, keep looking for the next meal, the next opportunity? If we could ingrain that mindset into our culture, we'd be unstoppable.
Changing gears...
Africa has a population of 1.033 billion (*google*)
India has a population of 1.273 billion (*google*)
China has a population of 1.315 billion (*google*)
There's your 3.5 billion. Who's in charge in those places?