The gap doesn't have to be a chasm.

Republicans keep saying they don't want the poor and middle class to declare war on the rich. To simply turn the other cheek, instead. And to take all the abuse in stride. To allow the rich to steal from the poor and the middle class. As if that's the right and proper thing to do. The terrible thing is that Republicans have gotten away with it. Forever, it seems. The rich keep getting richer. And the poor keep getting poorer. And we less affluent people are told that's the natural order. That everybody has the opportunity to get rich in a capitalist society. And if anyone doesn't become a millionaire, it's his fault. Well, I'm not so sure that everybody should have the opportunity to accumulate unlimited amounts of money. That eventually it becomes obscene. Maybe when one becomes a billionaire. Because in a capitalist society, money is power. Makes one more or less a king. A dictator. The lord high potentate. And I'm for declaring war on these types of people. I want their power to be capped. To be limited. To be tightly controlled by society as a whole. By poor people. By the middle class. And if that means class warfare, so be it. I want fairness. And my idea of fairness is quite different from that of a typical Republican, for instance. I want to bring about a higher degree of democratic socialism. So that one can have the good life without becoming a millionaire. Yes, that means a better distribution of wealth. A constant narrowing of the gap between the rich and the poor. Oh, I concede that in practical terms, we'll always have a gap. But it doesn't have to be a chasm. --Jim Broede