When Ronald Reagan became president in 1980 this country began a period of decline from which it has yet to recover. Ronald Reagan set us against each other. He outlawed the Air Traffic Controller's Union, made it illegal for them to be out on strike. Ronald Reagan removed the protection for the striking worker, the only Band-Aid the working class ever had on the gushing artery called capitalism.
Capitalism is a soul-crushing system.
Make no mistake, it is in the interest of the wealthy for there to be poor people. There is no one to remind them it is right to do right, that they are morally obligated by virtue of their wealth to be not put people out of work just because they can. In the past, popular movements have sprung up whose sole purpose was to kill rich people in their sleep, cut their heads while they lay dreaming in silk pajamas. It could happen again. Those of us who've never had anything and maybe never will have become discouraged.