I concede there's a feedback loop to wealth inequality. I can understand that wealthy people pursue policies that benefit themselves monetarily. Money is very important to them. It makes sense. It's worth noting that the Netherlands is more unequal than the US. Inequality isn't actually the cause of the problem, it's the result.
MAGA is full of dangerous false beliefs, anger, and evil. They hurt others for no good reason. We are fresh off MAGA killing a million Americans and hospitalized millions more. Many people are living with long term Covid symptoms. Our democracy (such as it is) is under assault from MAGA. I've been told by christian nationalists (the core in the makeup of MAGA) that the answer to "Am I my brother's keeper?" is "no, it's just a rhetorical question". And hate the stranger and neighbor. MAGA is much worse than then wealthy.
Instead of concentrating our attention on wealth or income inequality, I think we should focus on being our brother's keeper and on loving the stranger in our land and our neighbors. Let's make sure medical care is available to all, children are cared for instead of being preyed upon by armed mass murderers. Let's make sure people have educations, have a place to live and food to eat, are treated with dignity. All that kind of stuff. If we strive to be decent, I think we will find we're more equal.
Saying wealth inequality is a greater danger to our democracy than MAGA is a lot like saying Peter Theil, Donald Trump, and other billionaires have nothing to do with MAGA.
I concede there's a feedback loop to wealth inequality. I can understand that wealthy people pursue policies that benefit themselves monetarily. Money is very important to them. It makes sense. It's worth noting that the Netherlands is more unequal than the US. Inequality isn't actually the cause of the problem, it's the result.
MAGA is full of dangerous false beliefs, anger, and evil. They hurt others for no good reason. We are fresh off MAGA killing a million Americans and hospitalized millions more. Many people are living with long term Covid symptoms. Our democracy (such as it is) is under assault from MAGA. I've been told by christian nationalists (the core in the makeup of MAGA) that the answer to "Am I my brother's keeper?" is "no, it's just a rhetorical question". And hate the stranger and neighbor. MAGA is much worse than then wealthy.
Instead of concentrating our attention on wealth or income inequality, I think we should focus on being our brother's keeper and on loving the stranger in our land and our neighbors. Let's make sure medical care is available to all, children are cared for instead of being preyed upon by armed mass murderers. Let's make sure people have educations, have a place to live and food to eat, are treated with dignity. All that kind of stuff. If we strive to be decent, I think we will find we're more equal.
Saying wealth inequality is a greater danger to our democracy than MAGA is a lot like saying Peter Theil, Donald Trump, and other billionaires have nothing to do with MAGA.