It seems to me that you and previous commenter accept only binary outcomes: 0) either there is 100% inequality (which is where America seems to be headed now)

It seems to me that you and previous commenter accept only binary outcomes: 0) either there is 100% inequality (which is where America seems to be headed now) 1) or there is 100% equality (that previous commenter likens to nuclear war) That seems to me to stem from polarisation of those issues by American media: you're either rich hard working patriotic american or muslim terrorist commie. No wonder you get the same partisan politics in Parliament and Obamas and Palins as leaders. Well, in my world aka ROW there are larger inequalities and there are smaller inequalities and when the pendulum swings too much in one direction it's time for society to rethink something, not engage in witch hunt. Anyway, this whole topic is too tiresome by now. After all it's called American Dream, not European or Asian Dream. Go figure it out for yourselves!