This should be higher!

In the U.S. this used to be under control. Once you "earned" over a certain amount the tax rate went up. Then politicians drastically lowered the rate (Reagan was the worst of them) so the wealthy could amass ridiculous amounts of money. And now all that money is used to bribe not just politicians, but fund lobbyists (to get more money, of course) and buy courts. Yet voters keep putting grifters in office and then whining that they can't get ahead.

And it never has, but the rich keep pushing the discredited "trickle down" trope that dense voters keep falling for. Spoiler: Your chances of becoming one of the wealthy are about as likely as you becoming president. Yeah, ain't gonna happen. Stop enabling the wealthy from stealing from you. Eat the rich.

The problem is that in order to get far in politics, you have to play the game. And people who care are not good at playing the game.

They pit us against each other and guilt us at the same time.

Having had 2 natural births and 2 c-sections i can confirm. Major abdominal muscles are cut. It's a big deal.

One fears for a society that cannot identify clear and present dangers.

"If you don't like it then leave" people, who hurt you? Do you really think that all countries should just be getting worse all the time, and anyone who wants to make things better is somehow being disloyal?

Not just America...

Yeah, humans aren't too original. And the old scams continue to work, generation after generation.

Where I live, I think unusually, renting is much more affordable than home ownership (at least in the sense that it's much cheaper than a mortgage). It's property prices that are too high.

And only succeeded due to gullible people.

It's killing the environment and ruining everything. Everyone, from communists to free market fans, should unite against it. Because information asymmetry is a "market failure." It's basically a scam, relying on customers not knowing the sellers' intentions.

Just most?

This should be at the top of this list.

The trickle is the wee wee that politicians do on us from a great height

I've always thought the definition of clinical narcissism is too narrow. I'd put that number at around a fifth of all people.

The ugly truth is that we the working class pay these subsidies through taxes sucked away by the 1% through bribes and lobbying gove t nment that we voted for to represent OUR needs. Animal farm may as well be the Manifesto of the elite.

Economies are dependent on money being exchanged. The 1% cannot keep an economy running because they invest far more than they spend. Poor and working class people spend money...and there are a LOT of us. The 1% won't suffer because money actually trickles UP.

You gotta pity them Chinese spy masters filtering through that pile of human leavings.

The vast majority of the population is easily manipulated. Rupert Murdoch just turned it into a business empire. Thankfully his expenses lately have included $787 million for pushing outrageous lies that got people killed.

I would agree with this the majority of the time, but not every case is like this. I have a narcissistic family member who walked out on all of us (including her parents) because we refused to allow her to continue to gaslight us all. Her parents tried HARD to care for her but wouldn't stand by and watch her abuse her children so she went No Contact 30 years ago.

Bezos is a wealth hoarder for the same reason a dog licks his balls: Because he can.

I understand what you are saying but one doesn't go with the other. Bezos does have too much wealth. Amazon is not all junk; there are great books, clothing, food, and other things that are not junk and still at a good price.

Unless you search for a specific part or model number all you're going to see is useless cheap knock offs because these people have learned how to scam the algorithm.

I'm very glad we have alternatives to Amazon in The Netherlands, and that I have the financial room to decide to pay a little more to get my stuff from other sources.

I mean, at least he can shut the f**k up. That's nice. And he does do some nice things here and there. If I'm going to have to live in a world with a******s like Elon Musk, I do appreciate that guys like Bezos and Gates are at least not c***s in public

I haven't bought anything at Amazon for at least a decade. People are also lazy, and shop at Amazon, rather than another site, like the actual company. It is easy to avoid Amazon!

So, you'd be OK with Bezos if he just spent a lot more of his wealth. How does that make the rest of us better (real economic answers please)?

The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe

Essential oils are extremely concentrated and can be toxic.

The US Constitution was written by white, male landowners, so of course the first thing they did was disenfranchise everyone who wasn't a white, male landowner.

Anyone have a clue as to why that picture was chosen to illustrate this particular posting? Normally there is some logic but I am struggling to find any connection between Herbalife and Chelsea Football Club

Your phone isn't "robbing" you of anything. Your choice to waste vast amounts of your time and energy on c**p you can't control is what is wrecking your life.

It's only annoying when someone tries to be the main character in everyone's story.

There are still discrepancies between some of these studies so I'd say the jury is still out but we should use alcohol with caution at the least, I'd say.

If you live in a democracy YOU are the government. Your vote decides who makes policy. Stop voting against your own interests. If you really wanted it, you wouldn't vote for the tool who denies it to you.

Maybe this is referencing North Koreans believing that Kim Jong il didn’t poop?

Pretty much all utility companies everywhere are.

Say what?????

Your brain tells your eyes to ignore your nose.