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To: ZenWarrior who wrote (149504)	5/29/2001 7:12:19 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The middle class did not disappear, and the working class did not sink into misery, and this is the only respect in which the disparity makes much difference. Nor have class lines hardened, there is still a reasonable degree of mobility, both up and down. The engine that has driven economic growth and spread the greatest degree of affluence, even in the European welfare states, has essentially been capitalism.......

To: ZenWarrior who wrote (149504)	5/29/2001 7:13:09 PM
From: ZenWarrior	Respond to of 769670

the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. households -- with net worth of at least $2.3 million each -- own nearly 40 percent of the nation's wealth. members.cruzio.com Wish I could find the excellent Britannica essay on the subject... showed how many economists are finally admitting that Marx's beliefs have indeed proven true. Again, I do not subscribe to Marxism as many Republicans want to label me, but it does have its valid inputs. - Zen