You’re right, but even that argument is irrelevant and there are CEOs that don’t work that hard and who enjoy all the perks of office to the max. Who works harder is not the fundamental argument and those kinds of comparisons just force you into the Left’s trap.
What the 99% are about is communism. The entire movement is focused on the destruction of private property rights. Are they the owners of the FTSE 100? Is that their personal property? No, it isn’t and if it were they have a voice at whatever diluted level their stock-ownership represents.
Otherwise they’re really just a bunch of manipulative control freaks trying to tell someone how to live. What the Left does is try to frame the argument on their terms and using their definitions. We need to right from the start reject their definitions and terms. They’re built on lies and the abuse of language, which is in and of itself a logical fallacy.
In every group there will always be a 1%. If they got there by achievement, so be it and more power to them. We stand for merit and encourage it in every aspect of human life. Our motto: Be your best.
If that 1% got there by manipulating laws and political power to their benefit (classic rent seeking behavior (sadly the economic term is “rent seeking”, but the vernacular is so much clearer - crony capitalism - and should be used by free market economists)) then we’ll join you in deposing them, along with the entire political class. We’ll do you better and eliminate the parasitic class from the teat and vein of productive society.
So who cares more the 99%ers or us? We do and without a doubt.
I agree with you that it is irrelevant, however I have used it successfully in my interactions with union folks at the local taverns. In addition, I wasn’t using 99% as “the 99%” which you are referencing.
I use the argument for those that are the useful idiots, not those like you that are not willfully ignorant!
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