it is very difficult to correct now. voting doesn't matter, clearly. the amount of power they've amassed makes it like a bunch of half-starved children in rags trying to stand up to huge, strong samurai with armor and swords. metaphorically speaking, of course. the only way around that is to break the system or resort to violence, possibly. i'm too old to take part in such, wouldn't promote violence, and am not looking forward to it frankly, but that may be the only way it turns around at this point. another civil war or similar, i'm not sure. or aliens, or the Singularity. those could do it. not holding my breath for either, but they are open possibilities. :)
i would strongly suggest any other countries study how this happened here, and don't let it get to this point. stop it sooner while you can, if at all possible. that would be the far better solution.
maybe. what they say though is we have a birth rate issue and need to import half the 3rd world's population to fix it. even though there aren't enough jobs and unemployment is rising, we need more workers. once we bring in enough of them though, then the economy will improve and we'll all be rich and awesome. i think that's the narrative.
but you know... even if they break it, the rich people will just leave, go live somewhere nice. because they can. we're kind of screwed, honestly. like, really screwed. just hangin in there because there's not much else we can do right now. half are in abject denial, the other half a sort of peaceful acceptance. it's pretty surreal.
@fromdusktildawn wealth is power, power is influence, influence creates laws, laws protect and enhance wealth.
put that loop on repeat a few hundred years. that's where we're at.