It's not hard to see why Americans are so cynical about our political process and why so many have given up completely. I came across this Matt Taibbi piece on how Wall Street has fleeced policemen, firefighters, and teachers out of their pensions, and it helps to highlight why people feel so helpless. Imagine working your whole life--giving up pay now for a few (and few is the correct word) more dollars in your retirement only to see it taken away because you have to pay for the sins of Wall Street (see also, The Great Recession). It seems the lords of the manor won't be happy until they have it all. And it doesn't help that far too many of our elected representatives are the best money can buy.
Unfortunately for Wall Street, as some of our wealthy elites have seemed to notice, not everybody is ready to take the last train home. Some of the lords are even a wee bit familiar with income inequality's outcome in the French Revolution.
Some people, when they can't feed themselves or even worse, their kids, get pissed off. And pissed off people are a lot harder to control than those who have thrown in the towel.
Just ask King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Peace,
emaycee
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