Mega Rich RWA

Two Broken Systems – More Democracy is the Solution

Both our political and economic systems are broken and making our economic system more democratic would enhance Maclean's salvation recommendations…

6 years ago

Inequality of Endless Growth vs Justice of Universal Wellbeing

Quotes from "Outgrowing growth: why quality of life, not GDP, should be our measure of success" The world's right-wing authoritarian,…

6 years ago

American Capitalism’s Immoral Response to COVID-19

Quotes from The Virus and Capitalism. America’s unique, right-wing authoritarian, self-enriching, gobble-up, neoliberal, form of capitalism is helping it’s wealthy owners again…

6 years ago

Oligarchs – The Abusers Behind Our Authoritarian Economic Systems.

It’s going to take a vibrant democratic political system with massive citizen participation to enable this new democratic economic system…

6 years ago

Democracy In Chains – Adding Corporate Veto Power to America’s Checks and Balances

From the last chapter of Democracy In Chains, by Nancy MacLean, here is how the Koch Brothers and their elite…

8 years ago

Neoliberal, Free Market Fundamentalist, Ideology of The 1971 Powell Memo Reflected in Koch Brother’s 1980 Manifesto

Decades later, Lewis Powell codified Vice President Wallace's "method" in The Powell Memo of 1971. The result was a proliferation…

12 years ago

Why Do The ONE% Keep Getting Richer?

An updated report on growing income inequality between America's profit makers and profit takers shows the growth of income for…

12 years ago

Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is it Fixable?

The post 80's ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases…

13 years ago

Dirk Van Dongen – Strengthening The Military-Corporate Complex and Enriching the ONE%

In an address to the nation on January 17, 1961, in the middle of nurturing the greatest middle class this…

13 years ago

The Dakota Indians Lost to the ONE% in the 1860s – Can Today’s 99% Check and Balance Today’s ONE%?

A recent episode of This American Life was about the Dakota War of 1862. This war resulted in the final…

13 years ago