This is a rare mask-off moment for Barry and his ilk, because he’s expressing frustration not with the fact that wealth got concentrated at the top, but at the rate it happened. They know very well that should ’s greed and accumulation be slowed down by the liberal state, they would dust their hands and go home feeling they did a good job.
Isn’t the entire “center left” (ugh) proposition these days, and even some elements on the right, that capitalism is totally fine and great it just needs a little tweaking to be its best self
That is the premise on its face, and many people might even believe it as such out of a lack of theory or plain propaganda, but that’s what’s interesting about this quote to me.
He reveals he knows either consciously or instinctively that wealth flows to the top because that’s how capitalism works, and that his idea of a “more equitable/just society” doesn’t include changing this dynamic, only slowing it down so that people don’t feel too bad about it happening. It’s so intellectually honest it’s crazy.
That is the premise on its face, and many people might even believe it as such out of a lack of theory or plain propaganda
you don’t need theory to understand that’s wrong tbh. It’s just a fundamental number balance,
and that his idea of a “more equitable/just society” doesn’t include changing this dynamic, only slowing it down so that people don’t feel too bad about it happening.
you mean so that people don’t catch on lol
There’s nothing more emblematically Obama than a Netflix show that waxes mournfully about the gig economy not paying living wages without mentioning how many people from the upper ranks of his own administration literally helped create it.
It just happened. Nobody could have seen it coming and there’s certainly no explanation for why it happened. It’s just random chance. Or it’s human nature. I can’t keep my neoliberal hack talking points straight anymore.
Sure hope Biden can raise the highest income tax bracket by 3% over 5 years.
I googled biden tax the rich to help me make a joke. But the actual headlines are better than what I’d come up with. There are the typical weasel words: calls for / plans / pledges / proposes / urges / wants…
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“Biden calls for tax on the wealthy to extend Medicare funding.”
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“Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare.”
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“Biden pledge to tax wealthy, companies revived with Manchin-led bill.”
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“Biden to propose new tax on the uber rich.”
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“Biden to urge 25% billionaire tax, levies on rich investors.”
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“Biden wants a wealth tax: should billionaires pay more?”
