We've all heard the often misquoted phrase 'money is the root of all evil'.

The actual line reads 'For the love of money is the root of all evil ...'.

So - why do we as a society admire, honour and elevate those who hoard insanely huge amounts of money? Many within this ultra minority spend obscene amounts of money on their lifestyle - and to what end?

With more than enough to go around, why do we continue to let so many suffer at or below the poverty line?

#wealth #income #Wealth_inequality #IncomeInequality

The start of Pink Floyd's Money. The lines about those with vast wealth buying football clubs as true today as they were written by Waters in 1973.

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay.
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team.

#Wealth_inequality
#Socialism

https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/10/23/amid-discouraging-new-inequality-stats-some-encouraging-rays-of-hope%ef%bf%bc/ #UnionStrong #Wealth_inequality Amid discouraging new inequality stats, some Encouraging Rays of Hope

In California, a trailblazing move to a much more union-conscious tomorrow.

"As part of a series on slavery and America’s political elite, Reuters found that a fifth of U.S. congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors have direct ancestors who enslaved Black people."

#Wealth_inequality #slavery

American Dreams https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery-tennessee/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Hmmm, I think I have to stop using Luddite as an insult. They were on to something. They weren't protesting new technology but about how wealth was being siphoned from the lower classes.

#Luddites #AI #capitalism #Wealth_inequality #automation

What the Luddites Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence | Time https://time.com/6317437/luddites-ai-blood-in-the-machine-merchant/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

*boggles gently at the headline*

"Wealthier children in UK ‘had steepest drop in mental health during pandemic’ -- Gap between the mental health of the poorest and richest children narrowed, researchers say"

Maybe because children of the wealthy are used to jetting round-the-clock world or being taken on for elite days out, so they' had more to lose than kids who were ysed to amusing themselves kicking round the house or whatever?

Maybe I should just read the article and find out...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/26/wealthier-children-in-uk-had-steepest-drop-in-mental-health-during-pandemic

#covid #pandemic #lockdown #mentalHealth #wealth_inequality #paediatric