American Plutocracy: A Banned TED Talk

SYNOPSIS

The corrupt edifice of capitalism in America
Disparity between the middle class and the wealthy .01%
The wealthy are given tax breaks under the pretext that they are job creators, when in fact the middle class are the job creators due to their spending power
He proposes a higher median income for workers as this would create a positive feedback loop of increasing spending power, hence benefitting businesses.
His TED talk in March 1,2012 was banned by the TED curator, Chris Anderson because it was deemed ‘ too political’ and ‘explicitly partisan’.

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Terrorists need some therapy

Midnight Thoughts & Thunder

« Serial soliloquies»

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weather: No clue. Curtains are still closed XD

time: Afternoon-ish

I was watching a VICE documentary on the ISIS (the only of its kind I believe) where reporter Medyan Dairieh spent three weeks with the ISIS and though I didn’t watch it in full, the aggressive demeanour and the obsessiveness with shedding blood made me realize what I always suspected about these extremist groups; that they are channelling deep seated frustration and a sense of inadequacy, emasculation even, through violence.

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