Why is it only "class warfare" when the poor benefit from something?

[ck4829]

But not when the rich and giant corporations benefit?

[KathieG]

1. Really good question.

[unpossibles]

2. because the rich are the ones putting out the message

how often did slave owners complain about slavery?

[whosinpower]

3. because there has not been anyone to speak for the poor

and the rich and giant corporations and their lobbyists hold the ear of washington.

[BattyDem]

4. EXCELLENT question!

:toast:

[killbotfactory]

5. You're not supposed to ask that

You're supposed to have a pavlovian negative reaction to those words and not question further.

[olkaz]

6. I'm reading Atlas Shrugged right now and

I guess they'd say that it's class warfare in that case because the rich and corporations are the drivers of the economy and the rest of us benefit from their success.

That's my best explanation.

[killbotfactory]

7. Atlas Shrugged 2: One Hour Later

[olkaz]

10. Hiliarious

I have to admit though, I am getting a lot out of this book. Although I'm idealogically opposed to objectivism, I feel like I'm learning more about really committing to a cause and being the best at it. As I've been a generalist all my life, this is a lesson I can't ever seem to learn.

I still have a long way to go in the book.

[asdjrocky]

8. He uses old words and old sounding phrases

that have no pertinence to the voters today. It absolutely floors me every time he uses Herbert Hoover as a reference. Are you kidding me? I would wager that at least 50% of the electorate have no idea who Hoover is, and if pressed the best they would come up with is that he was once a President.

[CrispyQ]

12. "festooned"

I damn near died :rofl: when I heard him use that word in the first debate. I haven't heard that word spoken since my granddad died.

[asdjrocky]

15. There was another one...

Gawd, I can't put my finger on it, but when I heard him use the word I was like, there is no one under 60 that can relate to that word.

[SoonerPride]

9. We've had 8 years of class warfare

Don't kid yourself.

The republicans want to eradicate the middle class.

[Overseas]

11. Because class warfare has been going on for decades-- with the Rich quite victorious. //nt

[rasputin1952]

13. The history of "Class Warfare" is interesting and goes back as long

as there have been some that have had more than others.

The French Revolution was based on "Class Warfare", as was our own. Nazi's and Communists claimed "Class Warfare", right up to the point where those who truly benefited began to accumulate vast fortunes.

Human greed is the catalyst for many things, but when the poor guy who tills the fields for 18 hr's a day and gets pennies while others garnish millions there is going to be trouble.

Those that "have", will always call those who "need" "Class Warriors"....but we are those warriors.

[Matariki]

14. BRILLIANT question.

Needs to be asked beyond DU.