On Last Night's Debate: Elizabeth Warren, Capitalist
@deepomega Some data I've seen says the top 10% in America pull in 6 figures, roughly. Do you think most of the demonstrators are making this much? I think 99% is perfectly meaningful number @Matt, above, because it cuts across other divisive cultural lines to get to the fact that for the past few decades the top 1% (really more like .1%-.5%) have taken ownership of larger and larger portions of our country. The 99% is a great frame in approaching the issues, but also fits on a sign so it's real easy to pick apart. I understand that impulse, boy howdy.
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On What Kind Of ‘I Don’t Own A TV’ People Do You Have In Your Life?
@Tulletilsynet I wish I could like this a hundred times
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On 'Repo Games': Turning Poverty Into A Game Show
@ep Makes sense to me. Reality tv wasn't "borne" of consumer demand, in that consumers weren't demanding as much more reality programing as we've seen develop in the last however many years. It's ubiquity is more the result of the concern for production cost vs profit, rather than a concern for capturing otherwise uncapturable consumers. Perhaps the consumer demand would have been equally satisfied with more television in general, as opposed to an explaination along the lines of "it's what the consumers want." I could be way off here.
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On Last Night's Debate: Elizabeth Warren, Capitalist
@deepomega Right, that makes sense. I still doubt, but that sounds more likely. Thanks