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Think about the consequence for society as a whole if everyone did what you did.

Poor whites think government is the problem. Wealthy people have private insurance from their employers. We are stuck with the current system, there is no impetus for change. Just a lot of stupid coming out of the white house. Sad!

Tai Chi, or taijiquan, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

Yup, civilization as we know it is st risk.

Unfortunately, this simple argument is taken as if you are advocating socialism. When this simple argument can not reach traction with the majority of the citizenry, it feels hopeless.

Why are these doctors delaying the inevitable? Let them die in sweet ignorance and righteous anger.

Can you give evidence of what you say? Do you own a small business by any chance?

And foolishness, if we become extinct as a result of our own ingenuity.

Regardless of ulterior motives, objectively when even the billionaires are saying the level of inequality is getting out of hand, something wrong is happening...

That is the punch line.

By all accounts, there are many times more people who are not billionaires than billionaires. And in a functioning democratic republic, you would think that the billionaires would be taxed a lot more. But by now, even Joe the Plumber is thinking he will need those low low tax rates himself one day.

Taxation is really a choice we as a society make, somewhat obscure by the separation of politics from economic discussions.

For a long time, political economy was synonymous with economics. Once a broad political consensus was reached, however, politics was dropped to emphasize the economics based on that consensus.

Seems to me that no matter which political party the poor voted for, their economic agenda was always thwart by corporations need for cheap labor in countries near and far.

I vaguely remembering President Obama giving a rather technical explanation why nothing can be done to bring back the job for a laid off Midwesterner.

As for the Republicans, this new Yorker political cartoon[1] says it all: I am going to eat you. He tells it like it is.

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a20072

With some exceptions, there is no mystery about it at all, sooner or later luck runs out and they simply regress toward the mean [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean

Can you give examples of companies that fit your description?

American democracy is being destroyed from within, yes with a little help from Russia and China. But the undoing of American democracy is lead by an ignorant and apathetic citizenry. Who will show us the light?

It maybe rich but I am having a lot of doubts about how civilized this country is in 2019.

Wow, why is this not reported on by more prominent American newspapers? What is the point of doing this? Is this a new strategy to try any and everything we can to piss China off?

Calling VSG Donald...

I agree, it was fake news articles on Facebook that spread false information but it took desperately ignorant people to believe it for the consequent chaos to ensue. So while deepfake videos are scary, I think what we have to really worry about is the deep ignorance of the voters.

Well war is politics by another name. So I guess China will need to fight and win in order to change the racial politics of the 21st century.

So unilaterally imposing tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada, and possibly EU, instead of using the WTO or working with America's allies (TPP), is a best way of making China play fair?

Let me guess, you travelled for a management consulting job? Or something similar... I work for a big 4 MC corp and now prefer to stay home. Plane travel makes me ill at ease.

Civilization as we have known it is at risk. I guess some people are either too ignorant to understand or are not invested enough in their progenies futures. Either way, fun times ahead.

Sensible analysis but will be ignored by the current administration.

I have a feeling it is too late. The train has left the station on this one.

Middle Class is not what it used to be. Living paycheck to paycheck is not middle class.

What an ignominious end to American hegemony.

So what do you think is the ultimate cause of American wage stagnation?

A minority of Americans that listening to and vote in charlatans and demagogues that legislate against their interest. Of which Trump is its ultimate expression.

What do you think is the ultimate cause of wage stagnation then?

The Chinese military buildup is manageable if only the internal political polarization in the US was not so dire.

You can take it to the bank, the Japanese will never change unless coerced, by the US Military after world war II for instance.

Can you tell us, in general terms, some projects that were successful engagement with Accenture?