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The system is unstable. When inequality has reached sufficient levels, there's traditionally been a "hard reset" (France, Venezuela, Cuba...), with wealth being
by freeone3000 6y ago
The system is unstable. When inequality has reached sufficient levels, there's traditionally been a "hard reset" (France, Venezuela, Cuba...), with wealth being redistributed by force. The United States currently has the highest wealth inequality seen in a democracy. It likely won't remain a democracy much longer.
- notJim 6y agoI think US democracy will survive, but it's surely not a coincidence that we're seeing more extreme, and potentially destabilizing ideas gain ground on both the right and the left amid widening inequality.