RE: Left vs Right, Democrat vs Republican, Black vs White, Rich vs Poor, and the illusion...
That too can be an illusion. For it is not really true. It is the fight of SOME RICH people (most of the rich people don't get involved) that is being acted out with other rich people. They don't even do it against the poor people. You give the poor people too much credit here. Those few RICH people that do seem to be always involved view even the poor people as ants or actors. They don't fight against the poor people. They don't have to. They control the poor people utterly.
One of the ways they do that is by also spinning this misdirection and illusion you just stated. It becomes mentally equated to ALL RICH PEOPLE vs POOR PEOPLE and I guarantee you this is far from factual. It instead is a small group of RICH PEOPLE. Of course they will be rich, they've been in power often for many generations. It isn't completely about money either in the traditional sense. Money is but one of their tools, so even in a completely socialist, or communist country they would be able to still act from the scenes in other ways. For all it really takes is keeping us divided and aiming at their puppets.
In your case you perceive two puppets RICH vs POOR. When in reality there are but a few RICH people that not only are manipulating the poor, they also are manipulating their fellow rich people.
For being rich does not grant super intelligence and senses that other people don't have. That means that rich people are just as susceptible to misdirection and manipulation as poor people.
The rich vs poor is another misdirection tactic and divide and conquer. It is a sham.
Policies that profit the rich have a vast higher chance to get enacted then policies that profit the poor. In a Republic that consists of way more poor then rich. Not to mention autocratic countries.
So even is most of the rich don't fight, their interests still get overvalued.
Rich have doubled their income and wealth since 2000. Poor have lost income in the same time. That is not coincidentally.
So?
Does that suddenly make them nefarious, enemies, etc? No.
Attacking a group of people due to the activities of individuals is wrong REGARDLESS of who the group is.
I said (quoted Buffet) there is a fight between rich and poor.
I didn't say they were enemies. That is your interpretation. As is putting me on the poor side.
I didn't see it that way. I am on the poor side too by the way, always have been. :)
Sure... that doesn't mean I can't challenge it.
I didn't say you are an idiot or anything like that. You simply inspired a new train of thought. If you choose to see it as attacking you that is your choice. It was not my intention. I realized a lot of people do see it that way as it explains the entire anti-1% movement in the U.S. and then I realized that is just another form of the same divisionary tactics.
So it was not attacking you. It was being inspired by you.