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Re:Review: ‘The Economics of Inequality,’ by Thomas Piketty by obrero on Sunday August 02, 2015 @10:29PM (#9993403)
> As soon as the elite can segregate them-self from public systems like schools and hospitals

And military front lines. The US has had a system to allow the children of the rich to avoid the military during wars since World War II - the student 2-S draft deferment to the end of conscription altogether in the early 1970s. This goes back in US history - the US Civil War is where the phrase "rich man's war, poor man's fight" comes from.

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Re:Review: ‘The Economics of Inequality,’ by Thomas Piketty by wtbob on Sunday August 02, 2015 @11:08PM (#9993522)
> This goes back in US history - the US Civil War is where the phrase "rich man's war, poor man's fight" comes from.

Rich Yankees, yes: a rich Northerner would pay a poor man to take his place in the draft. A rich Southerner would outfit his own regiment and lead it in defense of his home.

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