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To: Road Walker who wrote (123742)	10/14/2012 1:33:33 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 149317

The history of the United States can be read as one such virtuous circle. But as the story of Venice shows, virtuous circles can be broken. Elites that have prospered from inclusive systems can be tempted to pull up the ladder they climbed to the top. Eventually, their societies become extractive and their economies languish. That was the future predicted by Karl Marx, who wrote that capitalism contained the seeds of its own destruction. And it is the danger America faces today, as the 1 percent pulls away from everyone else and pursues an economic, political and social agenda that will increase that gap even further — ultimately destroying the open system that made America rich and allowed its 1 percent to thrive in the first place. What's frustrating is that its very hard to discuss this subject with conservatives or people with a conservative bent..........esp in this country. The name Karl Marx invokes so much hatred and fear that its nearly impossible to raise some of his useful sentiments without confronting a wall of anger. The other part of this...........unlike Venice, inclusiveness takes on racial tones in this country. Its not just about allowing social mobility for the lower classes but for the non white lower classes. I think it just compounds the fear. This is the issue that most concerns me...........this issue of inclusiveness vs exclusiveness is another thorn in the blue state/red state divide. That schism continues to grow larger.