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| An unhoused person sleeps on a bench at the Columbus Circle monument, in view of the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 18 August. Photograph: Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images |
Let’s take a deep breath and, for one moment, forget about Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, the UN, Charlie Kirk, Gaza, a government shutdown and the other crises that we face.
Let’s talk instead about the reality which the corporately-controlled media and the corporately-controlled political system don’t talk about very much.
What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody else.
In one America, the richest people are becoming obscenely richer and have never, ever, had it so good. That America is overflowing with unimaginable wealth, greed and opulence that makes the Gilded Age seem very modest.
And then there is a second America – an America where a majority of people live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to secure the very basic necessities of life – food, healthcare, housing and education.
The simple truth is that never before in our history have so few had so much wealth and power while so many live in economic desperation... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/24/bernie-sanders-opinion-billionaire-politics