Americans love Tolkien’s Middle Earth. It’s just like home!
Both are highly unequal societies of great & small people. But we can still put America on another path.
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We have forgotten who we are. Let’s remember, and win.
While many Americans see our peril, few understand the core problem. Here is a brief explanation, pointing to a better future.
We’re becoming like the little people in Middle Earth
Lord of the Rings teaches us about the new America now emerging. It is a stratified society, with great people ruling small people.
Review of Robert Reich’s great “Inequality For All”
Maximilian Forte reviews Robert Reich’s powerful film about one of the great forces molding a new America — rising inequality.
More proof of rising inequality, perhaps our greatest threat
Summary: The rise of inequality is one of the greatest challenges of our time. A new report provides even more documentation about the gravity of the threat. Will this spark action by America’s people? Or are the 1% right — that they are best fit to rule and that we are sheep? It all starts …
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