>"We also seem unable to develop a media culture that does not fawn all over the rich and powerful." They get the opposite as well. I've seen so much sheer, un

>"We also seem unable to develop a media culture that does not fawn all over the rich and powerful." They get the opposite as well. I've seen so much sheer, unreasoned hatred of the rich, simply for being rich. Almost as if it is assumed that they only got that way by some illegal/immoral means. Then, you get the other half of that side of the coin. That even if the rich did earn their money using legal/ethical means, they don't deserve it (or to keep/use it). It's inherent in all discussions of wealth inequality. Really, it's not enough to just let it be, but everyone wants to play social-engineer with progressively richer individuals. One additional thing, that you can see running in this discussion. That legality is not somehow an indicator of fairness/justice. A few commentators here have noted that rich people use tax "holes" and legal financial constructs to "evade" tax, as if it's a bad thing, and as if it's not something that was put in place by legal, democratic means. At this point, I'm inclined to believe that these individuals are content with circular reasoning because none of these points can be proven by themselves, and rather always rely on some other piece of the landscape to deflect critique.