No Revolution is coming.

I’m seeing a repeated mistaken theme around here that only ‘the wealthy’ are investors in the stock market… The wealthy may be the majority shareholders, or CEO’s, or actual owners - but lots of ‘little people’ are invested through employee stock options and diversified pension plans..

Many are fully aware of the price of steel, or the success of a movie, or infrastructure investment plans.. For almost ever Republicans have pressed to tie Social Security to the Stock Market. It’s not just the wealthy reluctant to change directions, or start a revolution … there’s an upper & middle class out there who (often secretly) also vote for their wallets, or stock portfolios..

@WileEQuixote I certainly hope you are right as my 3 children live in the US with dual Canadian/American citizenship, so it's is a worry for me. While history doesn't always repeat itself it often rhymes so I think I have good reason to worry.

@Surfpirate I live here.

No one is giving up their cellphone and Netflix to revolt.

Which is why oligarchy will win.

@WileEQuixote Nobody is hungry enough to revolt yet, the cellphone and Netflix will be cut off long before that happens, so let's hope that it is a long time coming. I'd like to get my kids the hell out of there long before that happens.

That's all companies care about period. The entire point of a corporation is to create value for its shareholders. When value= money this is what you get.

I don't think that it is that big of a percentage of people, just the biggest percentage of greedy people. The 1% own most of the stocks and they aren't concerned about the rest of us. Sad way to live.

@Gatekeeper63 Think again, their pension plans are basically tied to stocks.. And whether or not ‘they’d’ admit it, most are very aware of the corporations they’re linked to. When I discovered/ realized this, I nearly gave up hope on any serious change…

@Gatekeeper63 did you know that one only needs a revenue of $34K to be part of the 1% worldwide. That qualifies as global elite:
[dailymail.co.uk]
Regardless inequality in the US and across the G20 is at an all time high: US wealth inequality - top 0.1% worth as much as the bottom 90%
[theguardian.com]

Agreed, I would think the cartoonists is trying to make a point to stimulate change, I know my carbon footprint is a fraction of what it once was.

@ArdentAtheist Mine too but I'm sure there's room for improvement. Whenever I'm with family I try to encourage change, but I'm met with a lot of resistance. I guess that's pretty normal. I live in low-income senior apts. and I cringe when I see the cases and cases of bottled water that come into our building either by the tenants purchasing them or receiving them from organizations. No one listens.