Antique Memes Roadshow

Just don’t forget that many of the shareholders are not in fact “the rich”, but the “better than average” middle class who will hand power to the filthy rich so long as those in power will keep punching down the lowest class on their behalf. We are surrounded by ladder-pullers and gate-keepers who have a lot more in common with the rest of us than they do their billionaire idols, but will fight to keep the illusion that they are superior. It’s a class war, but it’s also a class civil war since a lot of our peers are convinced their participation makes them a part of the club. The change won’t happen until we can convince our neighbors empowering leaders and systems that promise them the world will, in fact, just use their cash/votes to enrich themselves and occasionally toss some bread and a circus.