https://www.isegoria.net/2016/12/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2016/12/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2532116 Bob Sykes Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:10:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41294#comment-2532116 Right through Korea, the sons of our Ruling Class, and their fathers and forefathers before them, fought in our wars. Joseph Kennedy lost one son and had another badly wounded in WW II. But starting with Vietnam, the Ruling Class opted out of the fighting, and nowadays they opt out of (actually benefit from) all the evils of globalization, free trade and open borders that they inflict on the rest of us. As Peter Turchin points out, a bloody civil war is a possibility.

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