Robert ReichWe're in the Second Gilded Age just like the first — when America's wealth was in the hands of a few, conspicuous consumption existed alongside homelessness and hunger, monopolies destroyed competition, big money corrupted politics, unions were busted, and wages were suppressed.
TheBison@rbreich Rome had the Gladiators of the Colosseum to kp their ppl docile. Today there's TV, movies, fast food, video games, etc. Until we turn away from our distractions we'll stay blind to our destruction