How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality

Re:How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality by gizmo on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:31AM (#14460051)

Deliberately? Probably not. But all of consumer culture, 5 minute news cycle, pop culture, and economic pressure makes it very hard for people get politically involved.

Most people have to struggle just to survive. The middle class worries about living in the right neighborhood with the right schools, so their children can have a good life. Nobody can afford to get involved in their community, or with local politics.

Noam Chomsky has written a number of interesting articles about apathy and alienation. I highly recommend The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber. Not directly about apathy in society, but related.

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Re:How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality by mac01021 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:50AM (#14460182)

I definitely believe all that, and these phenomena are something I've been thinking about a lot lately. (Also, any pointers to Chomsky articles on that specific topic would be most appreciated)

But sentences like "This is not an accident, people are pushed towards apathy because that serves the wealthy", without much additional clarification, might help you get perceived as some kind of conspiracy theorist.

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