U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold
What gets me is the job holders in the upper 20% who actively support a system that benefits the non-working (or don&#x27;t need to work) top 1%.<p>I make a pretty high wage compared to a cashier at a store, but my interests align with them a lot more than a Walton. Yet my peers are convinced that because they have the trappings of the petite bourgeoisie and a well funded 401k that they have more in common with a Koch.<p>I&#x27;m not familiar with a society that experienced such high inequality and did not have very disruptive upheaval afterwards. One would think the wealthy would advocate for universal health care, education and safety nets as a small price to pay for their own self preservation. On the other hand, they haven&#x27;t had much to fear from the lower classes for a long time now.