[oldmanjay]

There is nothing new in the way the powerful wield more power than the powerless. It's a story older than history.

[gk94]

Slavery is a story older than history too. Just because it is old and ongoing doesn't mean we should ignore it.

[oldmanjay]

Ignore it, wring hands about it, hell, produce an interpretive dance to proclaim it. Doesn't matter, because power is a fundamental feature of being human.

Hyperbolic comparisons to slavery intended to evoke some emotional connection between wealth and evil definitely won't change that.

[DamnYuppie]

As it is an ongoing problem around the world I would say we are still doing a good job of ignoring it. We are however doing a great job of renaming it....

[white-flame]

Except that the US seems to have far greater financial inequality than most other first world countries.

[oldmanjay]

That isn't a response to what I said.