#richvspoor — Public Fediverse posts

This is what corporate greed does to a country. Especially in South Africa.

Unpicking inequality in South Africa:
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/09/23/unpicking-inequality-in-south-africa

#freesouthafrica
#freepalestine
#inequality
#richvspoor
#classwar

"One of the basic goals of the conservative: things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer."

Mike Royko

#quoteoftheday #Conservatism #RichVsPoor #Resist

"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."

Eugene V. Debs

#quoteoftheday #RichVSPoor #MoreOfUsThanThem #Freedom

Billionaires' underground bunkers will be vulnerable to the bunker busters launched by the angry masses.
#billionaires #elitism #preppers #doomsdaybunkers #doomsdaypreppers #bunkers #bombshelters #bunkerbusters #bombs #explosives #socialstratification #richvspoor #socialconflict #munitions

The Iceberg of Wealth: Perception vs. Reality

Beyond the surface, wealth often hides exploitation, corruption, and systemic injustice.

#Wealth #Inequality #SystemicInjustice #Capitalism #Exploitation #Corruption #SocialJustice #EconomicJustice #RichVsPoor #HiddenTruth #PerceptionVsReality #PowerDynamics #DebtTrap #ManipulativeMarketing #WealthHoarding #SocialCommentary #Awareness #CriticalThinking #UnfairSystem #WakeUp

"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."

Jean-Paul Sartre

#TrumpsWar #RichVsPoor#Peace #BeingHuman

"The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor."

Thomas Malthus

#quote #quoteoftheday #RichvsPoor #resist #BeingHuman

Idiocy is the greatest sin of humanity. Something that has been worshiped and praised. Too much of it is in power, and I am disappointed. The politicians saying in my prayers, is the same energy as the ones that say, call your politician. #Idiocy #Politics #Leaders #World #Parasites #Richvspoor

Kind of sums up society in a nutshell.

#murder #RichvsPoor #unsolved #HateCrime

Yeremi Colino Killing Hasn't Been Covered by The New York Times
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/new-york-times-runs-dozens-of-stories-about-slain-ceo-but-hasnt-covered-the-killing-of-teenager-in-possible-hate-crime-just-a-few-miles-away/amp/

Silo is showing how people in power play the many against the many, while the few rarely feel any negative consequences.

#silo #control #mentalslavery #changethesystem #fightthesystem #brokensystem #fakedemocracy #sheep #herdmentality #peasantmentality #richvspoor #dystopia #dystopian

@UffTaTa "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” Warren #Buffet

source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the

#richvspoor #quote

"The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day."

- Samuel Gompers

#quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #RichvsPoor #Union #UnionStrong #FairPay #BeingHuman

What the Titanic submersible saga and the Greek migrant shipwreck say about our reactions to tragedy

https://apnews.com/article/7db0c63b4439de820877af272527cb83.

#RichvsPoor #refugees #titan #newscoverage #news #inequality #Greece

"It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor
And it's the same for a woman or a man
From the cradle to the crypt
Is a mighty short trip
So you better get it while you can"
- Steve Goodman

#quote #quotes #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #lyrics #richvspoor #BeingHuman

"Removing automobile lanes to put in bike lanes is, in my opinion, the height of stupidity, it means more cars backing up, creating more emissions." —Mitt Romney once again being ignorant (and against better cities)

I get that he just doesn't know but, of course, he doesn't care to know.

#bike #bikes #UrbanPlanning #ActiveTransportation #Cycling #eBikes #RichVsPoor #Cities #PublicPolicy #SaferCities

https://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-calls-new-bike-lanes-safety-height-of-stupidity-2023-3