Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its “one percent,” namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the “rich.”From the Occupy movement to the demonization of the rich embedded in virtually every word of our local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, I perceive a rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent…. This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendent “progressive” radicalism unthinkable now?
That was from billionaire venture capitalist, Tom Perkins, in a letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal called "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?"
People find this Nazi stuff appealing for a variety of ignorant reasons. Obama and his healthcare reform has been compared to Hitler. Matter of fact, pretty much everything Obama has done has been compared to Hitler. Comparisons of Obama to Hitler are as ubiquitous as those memes where Hitler complains about (usually) football games but pretty much anything including The Oscars. Those are funny though. Seriously comparing anything to the holocaust other than other acts of genocide is obscene.
Rich people have suffered no indignities other the The Kardashians and Paris Hilton. Kristallmacht- the night of broken glass- the breaking of windows at rich-owned shops would be so hard to pull off with malls closing a 9:00 pm that it would just be silly. And what about the uber-wealthy who don't own shops that made their fortune but pushed paper around or inherited their wealth from family? No glass to break there! Many rich people already live behind fences with guards. Why would they leave those gated communities (ghettos?) for the other kind? I'd venture to say that this venture capitalist is a fucking idiot.
How can people even consider making these outrageous, insensitive claims. How did this asshole get to be a billionaire with such a convoluted 'thought' process. Must be a corporate raider or some Rmoney-like gig. Politics- I could see. Him writing that as a ordinary citizen I can see. I say that because I have seen non-wealthy idiots extrapolate like that. I question why he didn't hire someone to write the letter for him. He's a billionaire. Is he that cheap? Certainly not a job creator.
I saw a cartoon of a man and some kids sitting around a campfire. A disheveled man says to the children, "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders." Some people think that way. That's extreme capitalism. This is why you hear ordinary people disavowing global warming or calling for the complete dismantling of the EPA. They have been told to believe that carbon emissions and pollution are good for the shareholders and, therefore, good for all. Well, they are ordinary people or they get paid to post as ordinary people on the internet. But evidently many people see making a mess as progress. Can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs, right?
The notion that Americans don't like rich people is pretty flimsy. Most of us want to be rich ourselves someday. I personally intend to win the lottery. Many of the republicans among us not only want to win the lottery but they have planned for that by supporting the lowering of taxes on millionaires. Now that is planning ahead! How many of us become rich without supporting a party that caters to the rich? What a fox paws that is!
We don't persecute the rich. But ya know, some day we might have to. If they keep taking all our money, we will have to. It's bad enough that they trick our most gullible citizens into screeching against their own interests on the internet, they also trick them into voting for people who can implement those policies against their self interest and convince these rubes that they are patriots for doing so!
The Nazi's and their holocaust were not a revolution. Some day we will rise up against our oppressors but it won't be (hopefully) in defense of our wealthiest one percent. It'll kinda be the other way around, Richie Rich. A famous communist once said that, if God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. True. But did you know that if greedy, obnoxious rich assholes were not ruling an entire country, making a mockery of capitalism and virtually enslaving 99% of a country, communist revolution would not be necessary.True story, comrades.
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