How the 1% exploits the 99%
· Multitasking
· Unreasonable demands
· Delegating
· Golden parachute
· Shareholding
· Entitlement
· Labor exploitation/low pay without benefits/slavery
· Deception
· They make the rules/laws/lobbyist
· Tax evasion
· Self-serving/funding decisions
· Union busting
· Getting the 99% to buy into the system
· Convincing 99% that if you follow the rules, someday you’ll be rich!
(“American Dream,” “pull up by your own bootstraps,” “this is good for you!”)
(“American Dream,” “pull up by your own bootstraps,” “this is good for you!”)
· “Everyone benefits!”
· manipulating the media
· controlling the narrative –“winners write history”
· doctoring reports
· prioritizing management over labor
· encouraging patriotism
· jingoism
· saying sacrifice is patriotic
· corporations reward shady tactics
· lack of engagement with problem of the poor
· outsourcing
· debt economy
· False concern/lack of action
· “I worked for this”
· Hoarding/unwillingness to change
· Fear of change (“socialists”)
· Blaming the poor
How the 99% perpetuate the problem
· Give up
· No hope
· Ignorant of the system
· Blaming others
· Living off/abusing the system
· Irresponsible youth/teenage pregnancy
· Gambling
· Consumerism
· Entitlement, i.e. “poor me”
· Poor nutrition/ignorance of preventative health
· Fitting in
· Following orders
· “they would never do that”
· staying numb
· Medicating
· Loving fear
· Not my job
· American dream
· Isolating
· “Divide and be conquered”
· looking for freebies
· “My turn to win”
· Disorganized
· Lack of unified voice
· Unwillingness to change/willingness to settle
· Lack of initiative
· Bystander syndrome
· Lack of courage/risktaking
· Demonizing Us vs. Them mentality
· Lack of education
· Ennui
· Apathy
· Infighting/backbiting
· Lack of direction
· Lack of clarity
· Inability to lead
· Hope that “one day I will be the 1%”
· Misplaced anger
· Racism
· Blaming a religion/ethnicity/race/immigrant group
· Lawsuits
· Looking for the easy way out
· Opportunism
· Fear
· Fear of success/fear of failure
· Bitterness
· Anger
· Jealousy
· Blind obedience
Power Icons
· Donald Trump
· Richest guy in the world in Mexico—Carlos something?
· Bernie Madoff
· Mitt Romney
· Lance Armstrong
· George Bush
· Kim Jong Ah
· The Kardashians
· Justin Bieber
· Leona Helmsley
· Kathy Lee Gifford
· Daniel Mudd
· Dick Cheney
· Lindsey Graham
· Speaker John Boehner
· The NRA
· Arms Dealers
· Sam Walton (Walmart empire)
· Arnold Schwarzenegger
· Sarah Palin
· Paris Hilton
· Jamie Dimon (CEO of JP Morgan)
· Jeffrey Bewkes (CEO of Time Warner)
· Kanye West
· Human & drug traffickers
· Marck Cubin
· Dubai
· Citigroup
· Morgan Stanley
· Koch Industries
· Madonna
· Exclusive clubs
· Sweat shops
· Plutocrats
· Any member of department stores
· Rupert Murdoch
· Any member of corporations
· Profit mongers
Economic Worries
· Student loans
· Health insurance
· Paying for childcare
· Raising a family
· Buying a house
· Paying rent
· Affording housing
· Bad credit
· Transportation costs (car breaks down)
· Food
· Shelter
· Credit card debt
· Loans w/ high interest rates
· Cost of education
· Affording retirement
· 401K
· saving for the future
· Dealing with catastrophe
· Natural disasters – economic crisis
· Unpaid internships
· Temping
· Taxes
· Arts programs (education)
· Unemployment
· Social security
· Benefits/pension
· Death of small business
· Debilitating illness
· Decreased funders
· Bottom liners
· Inflation
· Consumerism
· Impulse buying
· Prescription drugs
· Home shopping network
· Smart(est) phones
· Splurge
· Saturated market
· Metrocards
· Gas and oil
· Identity theft
· Internet scams
· Credit card fraud
· Burial and funeral costs
· ATM copy fraud and in credit/debit swipes in stores
· “I won’t have enough!”
· WARS/terrorism/homeland security (in comparison to other countries)
· Value of the dollar around the world
· The collapse of Wall Street/World Financial Bank
· Embezzlement
· Bail outs
· Keeping up with China and other countries
· Going green—finding alternate sources of energy
