INEQUALITY MONITOR (5.9.11)

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THE HYPOCRISY OF CAPITALISM is evident everywhere you look, but is particularly repugnant in its “normal” compensation disparities, with the executive class (not to mention the actual business owners) earning obscene multiples of an average working person’s pay. Capitalism in that manner exhibits the same indifference to inequality as its predecessor regime, feudalism, but justifies itself (especially in the American lore) through the spurious notion in practice that “anyone can make it if you work hard enough.”   Well, that ain’t much of a consolation for the enormous numbers who try faithfully, and still fall through the cracks (hint: the system is rigged). And guess what: Feudalism also had its ‘rags to riches” stories.

Meanwhile, Paul Ryan and the new crop of Randian moral cretins, notably the Republican (and often Democratic) governors blasting social defense mechanisms and public services in state after state, continue to rewrite the American social contract to the painful detriment of the masses. They can do so with something approaching impunity, for although the public is waking up to the sheer criminality and cynicism of these doctrines and beginning to spot the scaffolding of lies that props them up, popular organizations have yet a long way to go before they can really challenge the status quo. This week’s TOO MUCH newsletter packs a wealth of information and examples to help activists and citizens realize the full extent of the current usurpation. Invest a few minutes and divest yourself of the ignorance garroting this republic one twist at a time. —Patrice Greanville

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