[eli_gottlieb]

And even this lengthier story has failed to mention 40 years of stagnant and even falling real wages, the decapitalization of domestic industry in Western countries, the resulting deskilling of much of the population in Western countries, and the resultant loss of incomes for both families and governments.

An ant wakes up one morning to find that the queen of his anthill has outsourced food production to another hill of smaller ants who eat less. He is now told that he can eat as little as them, and keep receiving food, or he can be cast out and go hungry entirely. He knows winter is coming, but no longer has enough food to feed himself and save.

Winter comes, he is cast out, and the other ants in the hill laugh at the idiot who didn't save anything for winter.