What's the last date I can post this to to arrive in time for Christmas? online academic writing Chrystia Freeland has written that the increasing wealth of the Super-Rich will continue until the Super-Rich realize they need the rest of us. Chrystia Freeland, “The Rise of the New Global Elite”, The Atlantic Magazine, January-February 2011. More than two years later, I see no evidence that the Super-Rich have begun to realize that workers need fair compensation. Adam Smith seems to have had the same view. He wrote that owners may be inclined to lower wages, but patriotism and ethics could restrain them. Many Plutocrats see themselves as citizens of the World, and have money to buy citizenship wherever they choose. Also, Greed being Good, greed trumps ethics. Finally, Plutocrats usually believe they deserve their wealth, and do not realize they have skimmed wealth from the Middle Class (and the poor and mere millionaires.) The inequality has grown to be comparable to France on the verge of the Revolution. When the remnants of the Middle Class find they cannot afford to buy bread, will the Plutocrats advise us to buy cake? 必須 2000文字以内 [bbs:youtube:(Youtubeの動画ID)]と書くとYoutubeの動画が貼れます。(例:[bbs:youtube:OQThUAQ0UN0])