Aha, so you support the diversion of resources to maintain the indulgent lifestyle of the top 0.01% while the bottom 90% see their standard of living drop in a managed decline.

Interesting.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

If it were done equitably (see Bruce above).
But if there is an attempt to manage, it seems more like an attempt to manage the final predation of--everybody else.
That, in itself, is an admission that they see the accuracy of the LTG thesis, and a decision to discard to a miserable death between 60% and 80%% of the human race, along with more than half the extant species.
Piss poor management- even for the .01%
So far, it's suicidal management.
What- do they think they can buy a few islands and hang out till the stench of carrion clears? Perhaps. If so, someone should save the last dozen nukes, just in case.
If Bruce is right, and they CANNOT see it, then the best and the brightest are actually the most dangerous, having superficial credibility, and they have to go, fast. Because there are a lot of less well educated (and perhaps clearer of vision) folks who get it just fine.
That's where I'm coming down.


Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.