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Originally posted by rickholio
32... but as a student of history, I the patterns are there for all to see. The situations aren't COMPLETELY congruent, of course (that was then, this is now) but it surely seems like history is rhyming again... serious economic slowdown for all but the richest 'robber barons', increasing gentrification and barriers to class mobility, the increasingly strident tones used against immigrants in popular media that is heavily influenced by money and political power...
Gets a guy to thinking, if he's got a little background information to start thinking from.
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As a fellow student of history, I'll tell you you're simply wrong.
see my post above. the poor are getting richer. its that simple.