The Rich Get Richer: 1% of the Population Controls a Third of the World's Wealth

[opebo]

And I still get shoved in the corner and ignored when I talk politics...people are way too content complaining about problems...

The problem is that a lot of people see absolutely nothing wrong with this and feel that it's simply the case that the other 99% need to try harder.

What nearly everyone fails to understand is that these owners get everything they 'own', or putting it in another way their social position, directly from the State. 

[opebo]

And I still get shoved in the corner and ignored when I talk politics...people are way too content complaining about problems...

The problem is that a lot of people see absolutely nothing wrong with this and feel that it's simply the case that the other 99% need to try harder.

I would say that there are other problems. For instance, I'd like to know what your solution to this problem is. Total redistribution? Equal outcomes for everyone?

Outcomes are already predetermined by power-relationships, Gustaf.  Horatio-Alger is propaganda.

Keep in mind that RE distribution is merely the State changing the way it distributes things in the first place.  Currently it distributes all that it practically can to the top 1%.  Why?  Because they have the power.

[opebo]

I know I will get flamed for this, so I might as well state that I've drawn these conclusions from The Economist

You think citing the Economist boosts your case??  Its just propaganda!

[opebo]

Propaganda? Your posts are communist propaganda while the economist is fair and balanced.

No, the Economist is blatantly biased in favour of 'liberalism', in the European meaning of the term.  They quite openly advocate it and criticize the more egalitarian model.

[opebo]

Socialism doesn't work.

Leaving aside the fact that your assertion is baseless, trite, simplistic, and meaningless, let me retort:  Capitalism doesn't work.

[opebo]

Yes it does. Anyone who argues that socialism works is ignorant.

An ignorant.  But what do you mean by 'works', straha?  Capitalism certainly works well for a particular class of people, but not at all 'well' for most people. 

Anyway, there's no point in arguing these completely subjective preferences (though I'd like it if you'ld admit that's what they are).  I'm just wondering if you realize how conventional your position is.  Think for once, don't just swallow what you're fed.  Can you not see why those who control you would prefer you to believe that socialism does not 'work'?

[opebo]

I win.

You mean because I'm talking to you?