"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Is the US a hedge fund republic, asks Nicholas Kristok at the NY Times, given our huge and growing disparities of wealth. I see members of Congress in my own country who argue that it would be financially reckless to…
Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism reports her well-connected, wealthy friends are getting twitchy about what they see coming. She doesn’t necessarily agree that major upheaval is coming but found it instructive that some NYC elites are now speaking in these…
But poverty alone does not spark unrest—exaggerated income inequalities, poor governance, lack of social provision and ethnic tensions are all elements of the brew that foments unrest. As DJ, who posts here says (he’s lived in third world countries), if…