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thenewgreen · 4229 days ago · link · · parent · post: Democracy's Foe: Economic Inequality - The Demos Blog - PolicyShop
It seems to me that this topic is what spawned the whole "occupy wall street" movement. The powers that be were able to make that movement seem ridiculous and never allowed it to gain popular support. It's amazing that the fact that we have a political disparity between economic classes that essentially amounts to taxation without representation. That said, much of the underprivileged is undereducated and therefore probably not fit to represent. That leaves education reform as the greatest cure for this problem. Could it be that this is why education reform is often talked about in campaigning but NEVER actually acted upon in a meaningful way? An ignorant public is a playable one?