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In my view, the American dream of striking it rich is merely a well-marketed fantasy that keeps the bottom 99.5% hoping for better and prevents social and political instability

An Investment Manager’s View – Business Insider

Good article, and breaks down what everyone should already know about wealth generation and control in America.

(via jonbristow)

Actualy its not the American dream or capitalism that has created the problems its the government regulation. 

(via undeadwill88)

Yes, but who is responsible for government regulation? The people with the loudest voices. Who has the loudest voice? The people with the most money. Why do they have the most money? Because the government protects their interests above all.

In my view, the American dream of striking it rich is merely a well-marketed fantasy that keeps the bottom 99.5% hoping for better and prevents social and political instability

Joe Hill, an IWW organizer, wrote dozens of songs—biting, funny, class-conscious, inspiring—that appeared in IWW publications and in its Little Red Song Book. He became a legend in his time and after. His song “The Preacher and the Slave” had a favorite IWW target, the church: Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you what’s wrong and what’s right; But when asked how ‘bout something to eat They will answer with voices so sweet: You will eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live on hay, You’ll get pie in the sky when you die.

Highlighted by Jonathan Bristow in A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn