“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom that results applies only to them. The many simply have to work harder, in conditions that grow ever more insecure, to enrich the few.”

That pretty much sums up my whole neurosis. In Britain, the top 10% have 100 times more household wealth than their compatriots in the bottom 10%, and that doesn’t take into account investments and other sorts of securities. This is a significant margin, and it should come as no surprise that the “underclass” revolted.

So what’s our excuse here in the States? The income and wealth inequalities are easily that high here, yet we see no riots, no looting. This is something to consider if we ever want to see any sort of equitable income and resource distribution in the US.

The Insurrection of the English Underclass

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