Why does ALL American Media ignore wealth inequality? [W:229]

[mac]

If you think, even remotely, that any segment of the American middle class is "buying a new car every 1.8 years" then I think that pretty much sums up your illegitimacy on pretty much everything you post as supposedly common sense..

If you think "any segment of the American middle class" don't, then you are clueless.

Your average middle class American is having a hard time affording gas and you think they're buying new cars every 2 years?

You roll your own, don't you?

Heh. Well. Point made better than I ever could have..




Lol I always forget to "just let the rich kids talk". They'll do the work in proving your point for you sure enough.

Who's the "rich kid"? You talking about me?

 

[mac]

That's the thing though ... for the vast, vast majority of the middle class, no amount of work they put in will push them to the next level. The system is rigged to prevent it.

Nope. If anyone can move ahead, and many do, then everyone else can, too. Those willing too, that is.

 

[Ryan5]

 

[Fenton]

Never minding the grammar of that post in which you claim others are naive and easily influenced, do you even realize just how bad people who are even middle class in America have it? They suffer economically on practically a daily basis. People who work every single day and do not have any debt. They still barely get by.

Can't you do better than resorting to demogogy and hyperbole ?

If you're concern about the middle-class is sincere, maybe you should focus on the cause and not some empty narrative batted around by dishonest and divisive Politicians.

 

[mac]

Dude.. the guy thinks middle class Americans are going out and spending $16k+ on new cars every two years.. He has absolutely no conception of what he's saying.

2 is a bit of a stretch, I admit, it's more like 5. Still, in most parts of the world, the great majority of folks could never dream of owning a new car....or any car. You need to get out some.

 

[mac]

So? 65% of Americans are homeowners. What percentage of Venezuelans are?

 

[Ryan5]

Can't you do better than resorting to demogogy and hyperbole ?

If you're concern about the middle-class is sincere, maybe you should focus on the cause and not some empty narrative batted around by dishonest and divisive Politicians.

It's "your" in that usage wise one.

 

[Van Basten]

Thing is, they don't ignore it, it's been brought up numerous times. Now detailed discussions of it on CNN or Fox is another story.

 

[mpg]

That's the thing though ... for the vast, vast majority of the middle class, no amount of work they put in will push them to the next level. The system is rigged to prevent it.

The more the government gets involved, the more the system is rigged.

 

[mpg]

All I got from that was "Be a happy little serf and go back to your hut."

We could all be rich, but rich people won't allow it because they wouldn't feel special if everyone was like them.

 

[avery45]

Why should I care about wealth inequality? The problem I would have is: If the wealthy are actively keeping poor people poor.

 

[mpg]

Why should I care about wealth inequality? The problem I would have is: If the wealthy are actively keeping poor people poor.

Anyone who knows anything about economics, knows that it would serve the interests of rich people if poor people stopped being poor, and I think it's safe to say that most rich people know a thing or two about economics.

 

[CalGun]

But the avenue in which to stop the poor from being so is not wealth redistribution by the force of a gun by a government that will take from one and give to another; that merely empowers / entitles the poor to which they no longer even have to try.

Anyone who knows anything about economics, knows that it would serve the interests of rich people if poor people stopped being poor, and I think it's safe to say that most rich people know a thing or two about economics.

 

[grip]

Why should I care about wealth inequality? The problem I would have is: If the wealthy are actively keeping poor people poor.

I don't think the wealthy actively seek to make people poor, it's more like they get their wealth from the easiest source, which turns out to be those who spend too much.

There's an interesting article about how the governments are preparing for a rebellion from the masses against the gov't and elite, because of the wealth inequality. It seems that it's not the people that are to blame so much but the system of power=leverage. It appears that the investor class are sucking the wealth of the world out thru Corporate stocks, Hedge Funds and other market tools, while the gov't decimates the working poor and middle class by supporting the impoverished.

 

[Fenton]

It's "your" in that usage wise one.

From demagoguery to spell checking.

You can do better.

 

[Phil_Osophy]

Because most media outlets are owned by the same people creating the wealth gap to begin with.

false. The wealth gap is created and expanded by the common man making poor choices

 

[jonny5]

SOP?



I am not saying it is everyone. But you cannot deny that the tone concerning the state of the US economy/society/government is vastly different depending on the topic. Why can't conservatives acknowledge we do not have a free market system and that the corporations and state manipulate it to their benefit and our detriment?

Standard Operating Procedure. Furthermore, we DO have a free market economy, and there is nothing wrong with corporations (which are just groups of individuals) manipulating the market to their advantage. Thats what free markets do.

 

[avery45]

Corporations would love for everyone to be rich. If everyone is rich they will buy more of the corporations products. As for the Gov, it would make sense for everyone to be rich. Collecting more taxes. But then candidates would not be able to rally people around the inequality argument. This all seems like a case of envy.

 

[Ryan5]

From demagoguery to spell checking.

You can do better.

If you're going to claim superiority it's best not to have grammatical errors all over your "enlightened rantings".

 

[Ryan5]

The more the government gets involved, the more the system is rigged.

The system is merely a global market. Nobody would argue the global market isn't rigged in favor of massive global companies whom have no allegiance to anything and are pretty open about that. So who cares if the government gets more involved in an already hopelessly rigged system?



Your entire premise is basically "Oh no, they're going to cause our hopelessly corrupt global economic system to perhaps be more accountable to the serf class, oh no, everyone they're going to make an already horrendously corrupt system.................. corrupt?"


You literally have no logic whatsoever.


The "system" (market) is already corrupt. It makes no sense to say you can corrupt an already corrupt global market system. You're simply using fallacy to lie to people.

 

[opendebate]

I'm sure you've already gotten this response but all the major media outlets are controlled by the super wealthy.

Massive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of mergers and acquisitions, these companies have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these companies control everything from initial production to final distribution. In the interactive charts below we reveal who owns what.

Who Owns the Media? | Free Press

 

[Ryan5]

I'm sure you've already gotten this response but all the major media outlets are controlled by the super wealthy.

Massive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of mergers and acquisitions, these companies have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these companies control everything from initial production to final distribution. In the interactive charts below we reveal who owns what.

Who Owns the Media? | Free Press

Yes of course. I'm aware lol.


It isn't hard to figure out.


CNN, MSNBC and FOX all have commercial breaks at the exact same time. They're all the exact same thing selling different poisoned apples to a bunch of dunces that have grown fond of poisoned apples.




That's how I tell which posters on any political forum to ignore promptly. The ones who start railing in favor or against a news channel.. They're not even news channels.. They're essentially "Anti-Information" networks.

 

[opendebate]

Yes of course. I'm aware lol.


It isn't hard to figure out.


CNN, MSNBC and FOX all have commercial breaks at the exact same time. They're all the exact same thing selling different poisoned apples to a bunch of dunces that have grown fond of poisoned apples.




That's how I tell which posters on any political forum to ignore promptly. The ones who start railing in favor or against a news channel.. They're not even news channels.. They're essentially "Anti-Information" networks.

It's exhausting to have to sift through the BS to get to some little kernel of truth you then have to take to the internet to try and find some sort of objective information about

 

[Josie]

I'll never understand why people spend their time hating the wealthy. Maybe if they spent less time whining and more time on money management, they could live a little better. :shrug:

 

[nota bene]

I'll never understand why people spend their time hating the wealthy. Maybe if they spent less time whining and more time on money management, they could live a little better. :shrug:

It's a mystery to me too, Josie. Begrudging others...resenting and hating...is an exercise in futility. On some thread or another, somebody recently posted that hating is like drinking poison and expecting the other guy to die. That's really stuck with me.