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In reply to the discussion: Obama's Legacy Could Be an America of Aristocrats and Peons, Shocking New Research Reveals [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)believing what someone says. The trend has existed here since the early-mid 19th century, but this wave was begun in the late '60s in response to the post war changes in America. Reagan brought into official policy and that persisted until Clinton. Masked by the economic boom created by the revolution in personal computing, Clinton was able to demolish the remaining foundations of The New Deal and shrub took Clinton's work and ran with it, leaving President Obama with the first opportunity to alter the nation's course in 80 years. The President consciously chose the more-of-the-same course favored by the parasites referred to as aristocracy in the OP.
The fact that the very wealthiest of the wealthy have realized every bit of the so-called recovery, plus even more, makes the acceleration self evident.