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Is wealth inequality in America hurdling our nation toward civil unrest?
Is wealth inequality in America hurdling our nation toward civil unrest? In a television interview this morning – former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned that the growing wealth imbalance in America – now reaching levels not seen since the Great Depression – could lead to civil unrest in the streets. As the middle-class in America falls deeper and deeper into desperation – Brzezisnki said, “we’re going to slide into intensified social conflicts, social hostility, some forms of radicalism, there is just going to be a sense that this is not a just society.”
We have a society in which 400 people own more wealth that 150 million other Americans. We have a society in which 50% of all the children in America will depend on food stamps at some point in their life before they are 18 – and among African American children that number is 90%.
We no longer live in a just society - and if Brzezinski is right - turbulent times could be ahead for America.
-Thom
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Is wealth inequality in America hurdling our nation toward civil unrest - as Zbigniew Brzezinski has warned?
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