Krugman: Plutocrats Have Become Sociopaths with Their Persecution Complexes

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Krugman: Plutocrats Have Become Sociopaths with Their Persecution Complexes

by Jodie Gummow at AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/krugman-plutocrats-have-become-sociopaths-their-persecution-complexes

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Krugman has seen these kinds of insanely overblown statements before amongst the one percent. A few years back, Steve Schwarzman, chairman of the Blackstone Group, called the attempt to raise the taxrate on most of his income above 15% similar to Hitler's attack on Poland.

“Sometimes the wealthy talk as if they were characters in “Atlas Shrugged,” demanding nothing more from society than that the moochers leave them alone. But these men were speaking for, not against, redistribution — redistribution from the 99 percent to people like them. This isn’t libertarianism; it’s a demand for special treatment. It’s not Ayn Rand; it’s ancien régime,” Krugman wrote.

Yet, Krugman has a theory as to why the rich spend so much time complaining that they are being persecuted when in fact they got everything they could have hoped for following the financial crisis fallout - namely Wall Street was bailed out at the expense of the workers and homeowners:

“When you have that much money, what is it you’re trying to buy by making even more? … What you really want now is adulation; you want the world to bow before your success ... It is, of course, incredibly petty. But money brings power, and thanks to surging inequality, these petty people have a lot of money. So their whining, their anger that they don’t receive universal deference, can have real political consequences. Fear the wrath of the .01 percent!” he wrote.




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[Jefferson23]

1. They cry victim because they can. A consequence of no justice served. n/t

K&R

[Hydra]

2. It's useful to plead false victimhood first

As well as accusing another person of wrongdoing(real or not) before the other person does it.

The best thing we can do is to ignore it and state the obvious- "Give it all back!"

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3. The way you tell is by geography. Is the accusor in somebody elses'

life trying to destroy its strengths or take from it or gut it? Are the rich trying to get more of the income from the rest of the country? Yes. They have been doing so for years. The middle class was just minding its own business then Reagan came along and then they attack BAM!........ BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!