Victory Declared in War on Poverty!

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

It did nothing for humor in that it was basically all the bullshit that one sees daily from extremists.

With all due respect, that's the way I feel about most of the so called "funny" political pictures that you post.

Originally Posted by DanaC

Did you see the Daily Show segment the other day about Fox news and their reports on how the "poor" are no longer really poor, to the extent that they now put the word in inverted comments every time they use it...because apparently most poor people have a fridge and a microwave? Awesome piece.

Yes, it was awesome. I wish I could could post just that clip.

This isn't about left/right, conservative/liberal, Democrat/repubican. It IS class warfare.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

With all due respect, that's the way I feel about most of the so called "funny" political pictures that you post.

Oh me too! i've really tried hard not to be a jerk about it in the political pictures section, but there are times I've really had to bite my tongue.

This isn't about left/right, conservative/liberal, Democrat/repubican. It IS class warfare.

*nods*

As soon as large sections of the population become generationally entrenched within their economic positions, low or high, and the mechanisms of governance and wealth creation focused on one or two of the sections whilst excluding the others then class antagonism is a factor.

I'm really not even sure I blame them. The upper class (the top tier, the elite, whatever you want to call them) are doing what they have always done. And, presumably will continue to do. They're defending their interests. And I am sure they do not feel they are damaging the country, because, for them it is their country. And they will shape it to serve their needs as much as they are able to.

Their biggest victory (as has been posted elsewhere here) is that they have managed to get so many people to work against their own interests and for the interests of that elite.

Reminds me of that parasite that can affect small animals and make them act contrary to their natural instincts. The infected mouse, intsead of scurrying in the undergrowth, comes out and parades about the ground making itself a target for a passing hawk; who nabs the mouse and ingests the parasite.