Tax the Super Rich now or face a revolution

[Dimmu]

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2.
Revolutions build over long periods — to critical mass, a flash point. Then they ignite suddenly, unpredictably. Like Egypt, started on a young Google executive’s Facebook page. Then it goes viral, raging uncontrollably. Can’t be stopped. Here in America the set-up is our nation’s pervasive “Super-Rich Delusion.”

We know the Super Rich don’t care. Not about you. Nor the American public. They can’t see. Can’t hear. Stay trapped in their Forbes-400 bubble. An echo chamber that isolates them. They see the public as faceless workers, customers, taxpayers. See GOP power on the ascent. Reaganomics is back. Unions on the run. Clueless masses are easily manipulated.
Even Obama is secretly working with the GOP, will never touch his Super Rich donors. Yes, the Super-Rich Delusion is that powerful, infecting all America.


Here’s how one savvy insider who knows described this Super-Rich Delusion: “The top 1% live privileged lives, aren’t worried about much. Families vacation at the best resorts. Their big concerns are finding the best Pilates teacher, best masseuse, best surgeons, best private schools. They aren’t concerned with the underlying deterioration of America or the world, except in the abstract, because they aren’t directly affected by it. That’s not to say they aren’t sympathetic, aware, or don’t talk about the issues you bring up. They are largely concerned with protecting and enhancing their socio-economic positions, ensuring their families live well. And nothing you write about will change things.”
Warning, in 2011 that attitude is delusional, deadly, yet pervasive in America.

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[Fulanito de Tal]

I doubt the US will face anything like a communist revolution in the near future. Communism is such a bad word that you can be fired, isolated, or kicked out of a program for mentioning or supporting it. Of course, this does not happen directly, but all of a sudden your record shows that you start being late, your coworkers are busy, and your grades begin to drop. With the stigma behind communism and the programming that the media has done on the largely ignorant and ill-cultured population, anything "revolutionary" will likely be reactionary.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

I doubt the US will face anything like a communist revolution in the near future. Communism is such a bad word that you can be fired, isolated, or kicked out of a program for mentioning or supporting it. Of course, this does not happen directly, but all of a sudden your record shows that you start being late, your coworkers are busy, and your grades begin to drop. With the stigma behind communism and the programming that the media has done on the largely ignorant and ill-cultured population, anything "revolutionary" will likely be reactionary.

Revolutions are made by classes, not ideologies.

[GPDP]

I doubt the US will face anything like a communist revolution in the near future. Communism is such a bad word that you can be fired, isolated, or kicked out of a program for mentioning or supporting it. Of course, this does not happen directly, but all of a sudden your record shows that you start being late, your coworkers are busy, and your grades begin to drop. With the stigma behind communism and the programming that the media has done on the largely ignorant and ill-cultured population, anything "revolutionary" will likely be reactionary.

Just because communism is a dirty word in the US does not mean a revolutionary working-class movement, or at least a radical-progressive workers' movement approaching revolutionary politics, cannot arise. Has it ever occurred to you it might not go under the communist banner at all?

I mean, look at the Tea Party. Many of us agree they're at least proto-fascist (if not outright fascist, though that's a less popular assertion), but they stay far, far away from calling themselves fascists, and in fact accuse their opponents of being fascists themselves at times!

Labels, and the lack thereof, can often be misleading. What counts is the content of the politics in question, not how they choose to label them.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Strange question,but how much money would taxing the super-rich gain for a working class state? Hundreds of billions surely,right?

Thanks.

[Obs]

Strange question,but how much money would taxing the super-rich gain for a working class state? Hundreds of billions surely,right?

Thanks.

There wouldn't be any super-rich in a workers' state.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Poorly written,so I shall rephrase....how much money would be generated from taxing the super-rich?

[Fulanito de Tal]

Never mind my prior statement. Its likely that the US will undergo revolution in the near future, but by another name. Hopefully, no one on the side of the bourgeoisie will notice that any favorable proposals also match what Marx suggested. In fact, the the controlling elite will welcome their loss of power in order to provide a better future for all of us. Rainbows <3