The rich are eating themselves

Spiked ^ | 16 Mar 2023 | Joel Kotkin

[Rummyfan]

The oligarchs are playing a dangerous game by pouring trillions into woke causes.

Beware of plutocrats bearing gifts. The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology. The super-rich hope that by genuflecting to these causes, they can buy themselves political protection and fend off the activists lurking in the ranks of their own companies. Yet, in the long run, this could end up fuelling their demise.

The recent ‘Great Awokening’ of our elites reflects a long-standing shift among executives in terms of priorities and perspective. The capitalist class first arose out of the middle orders, and even from within the peasantry, as the industrial revolution, particularly in the Netherlands and Britain, challenged the autocracy of both the church and the monarchical state. These were often tough, ruthless entrepreneurs embodying values of hard work, thrift, family and faith.

[Rummyfan]

Not quickly enough. And how much of society will they consume along with themselves?

[GOPJ]

Global ‘elites’ are inflicting pain on the peoples of the world.

Will ‘the people’ start thining in terms of paying them bac? My suggestion? Global ‘elites’ should wallow in their wealth and indulge themselves and stay the hell OUT OF OUR BUSINESS.

If they really want to ‘help’ they can eat insects or fly commercial or whatever. But don’t inflict damage on the people who allow them to wallow in wealth... people who can repay the favor...

[volunbeer]

The “rich” are eating us. Their wealth grows and ours is shrinking because they control government and they control us with social engineering. “We” (generally those on the right) support “capitalism” but too many cannot see that our current system is NOT capitalism because the government and political factions dominate the economy.

I don’t even know if it is accurate to call it “crony-capitalism” now. The Wall Street/K Street/Political Class/Banksters/Courts/and Media are all on the same team with the cast of usual idiots on both sides of “politics” who can’t see how they are being gaslit.

They have fed us socialism and convinced many that it is capitalism, but it’s really a centrally controlled economy. Take the banks for example - they privatize crazy profits with free money on the backs of my children and then my children have to pay for their reckless behavior too and many believe we save the “banks” for our own good.

Surreal.

[GOPJ]

Must learn to ‘edit’ before pressing ‘post’...

Global ‘elites’ are inflicting pain on the peoples of the world.

Will ‘the people’ start thinking in terms of paying them back? My suggestion? Global ‘elites’ should wallow in their wealth and indulge themselves and stay the hell OUT OF OUR BUSINESS.

If they really want to ‘help’ they can eat insects or fly commercial or whatever. But don’t inflict damage on the people who make it possible for them to wallow in wealth...

[LouAvul]

Great Awokening

Is that proper grammar? Is there such a word as "awokening?"

[Leep]

“Is there such a word as “awokening?”

It’s a word now.

[Navy Patriot]

The rich are eating themselves

Like you say, Not quickly enough.

... how much of society will they consume along with themselves?

After the Global Strategic Thermonuclear Exchange they can occupy themselves in their bunkers by cutting off their children's reproductive parts, like the gods they think they are.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

The left has become the unwitting lobotomized sock puppet of their traditional enemie, the CIA/Kissinger police state Neocon Nazi Internationale globalists.

[caww]

[mware]

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden...but no Donald Trump hmmm

[mware]

..forgot Obama on list too.

[x]

“I saw it on the internet, so it must be real!”

[ridesthemiles]

The names I recognize are NO surprise.

[Codeflier]

Spot on

[caww]

Hollywood meets Politicians meets Media Pundits = Epsteins Island

Axis of Evil.

[caww]

See post 15

[Hiddigeigei]

"The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology."
The Davos elite, by their own admission, want 15-95% of the rest of us dead (particularly us old "useless eaters") and those who survive as propertyless slaves. Their "wokeism" is merely to support the methods to reach that end. Gates said in 2010, “Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by, perhaps, 10% or 15%.” Makes me reluctant to visit my doctors for minor ailments, all of whom but one (now out of business) were promoting the death jabs, mask wearing, et c.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The elites are trying to buy off the collectivists by feeding the middle class to them, first.