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Re:Inequality Killed the Roman Republic by freddybobs on Monday January 18, 2021 @10:28AM (#25822638)
Checkout 'Capital in 21st century' on Netflix. It's based on the book by the same name from Thomas Piketty, who's in it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce...

It makes the argument that inequality is a key driver for many of the woes of our current time. Unless something is done about this (and they make some suggestions on what to do), the future does not look great.

They argue part of the problem is the people that suffer the most due to this inequality, often latch onto other more visceral fears and then lash out based on that.

The Monopoly psychology experiment is also quite revealing.

Re:Inequality Killed the Roman Republic by gnusty_gnurc on Monday January 18, 2021 @12:43PM (#25824302)
> Unless something is done about this (and they make some suggestions on what to do), the future does not look great.

Doomsday predictions haven't panned out so far.