• tocopherol [any]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    Do we need a new occupy wall street? I think one useful thing that came about at that time was the idea of the ‘99%’, recognizing that the ultra-wealthy hold such an absurd proportion of capital that distinctions like middle class were useless. It brought to the forefront of public sentiment at the time essentially a reworded concept of bourgeoisie vs proletariat.