War On Greed
- Posted by: Morgan Clendaniel
- on December 12, 2007 at 11:53 am
Some people have noted that we are in the midst of a second Gilded Age, where robber barons gleefully count their money while the rest of us shiver in the cold with our gruel (we pray we can look forward to a subsequent trust-busting, progressive era, but we wont hold our breath). Robert Greenwald takes this theory a step further, giving us the parable of Henry Kravis and the working folk. Kravis, you should note, is a principal at KKR, and makes more money in an hour than a teacher does in a year. You can see more of Greenwald’s series, “War on Greed,”here. See you at the barricades!
DISCUSSION: 3 Comments
“I’d buy all the video games in the word!”
Great kid, thanks for sharing.
Money is all together EVIL!
Perhaps we “the young” who are reading this (and btw, I’m not all that young), should simply change the world. Let’s take the power away from the magnates by taking the meaning away from their money.
No, I don’t have all the answers yet, and invariably this post will draw criticism as sophomoric Utopian drivel, as well it should.
All I’m suggesting is that we open yet another dialog about a system that’s broken. It isn’t working. Greed is a powerful force, and once that’s likely to do more damage to our lives, sooner than even the climate change that it’s provoked.
There are greater minds than mind that can help sort out the details once we start the conversations that put our collective minds to figuring out how to start all over.
“and _one_ that’s likely to do more…”
“There are greater minds than mine…” (Clearly, considering at least two typo’s in my post)