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To: Rebelbase
U.S. poverty today would have been considered middle class wealth by comparison.

Very true, but it is all about PERCEPTION, not reality. In the 1950s-- and even into the 1960s-- most of us were happy to live in small little bungalows and share a room with three brothers. Today, the Bernie Saunders and Elizabeth Warrens of the world have a large part of America considering themselves in poverty if they actually have to pay for a college education of dubious value.

They are no different from the Perons of the 1940s or the Chilean Communists of the 1970s in convincing a sizable part of the electorate that they are ENTITLED to what somebody else is perceived as having.

Why do you suppose rioters and looters first go after electronics and luxury goods rather than bottled water and flour?

121 posted on 05/02/2019 2:13:14 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“Why do you suppose rioters and looters first go after electronics and luxury goods rather than bottled water and flour?”

Nobody EVER steals work boots, either!;)


129 posted on 05/02/2019 2:27:32 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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