---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christopher M. Quigley<cmqesquire@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 1:00 AM Subject: Fwd: Christo To: Michel Bauwens <michel@p2pfoundation.net>
"In reality, though, it was never about us and our economy at all. Today
it is obvious that all of this had only one rationale: to raise up a
class of supermen above us. It had nothing to do with jobs or growth. Or
freedom either. The only person’s freedom to be enhanced by these tax
havens was the billionaire’s freedom. It was all to make his life even
better, not ours...
We endure potholes and live in fear of collapsing highway bridges
because our leaders wanted these very special people to have an even
larger second yacht. Our kids sit in overcrowded classrooms in
underfunded schools so that a handful of exalted individuals can relax
on their own private beach.
Today it is these same golden figures with their offshore billions who
host the fundraisers, hire the lobbyists, bankroll the think tanks and
subsidize the artists and intellectuals.
This is their democracy today. We just happen to live in it."