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1 in 4 Americans employed to guard wealth of the rich
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Re: 1 in 4 Americans employed to guard wealth of the rich
Feb 09, 2010, 14:09
I think the title is a bit misleading, but the underlying ideas are correct.

IF you think of it as "1 in 4 Americans are employed to maintain a system that encourages such inequalities" then each sector outlined above makes sense. Also, I think it's correct to point out the the proportion of the population employed in this way has risen over the last century.

Don't get me wrong. The Great Utopian Pie-In-The-Sky would need some guard labour, except from the last group (a pool of unemployed and prisoners used to create downward pressure on wages)

Not sure why you disagree though. Inequality has risen in the UK over the last couple of decades, even though the general standard of living has risen. I'd imagine that a similar situation exists in the US. If you have inequalities, you need barriers, otherwise those at a disadvantage would attempt to redress the balance.
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