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| Progressive Kristallnacht Coming? |
| 2014-01-27 |
| A billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist has been condemned for "ghastly and disgraceful" comments after he compared criticism of America's rich to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Tom Perkins, 66, wrote a letter to the Wall Street Journal, which was published, in which he likened the Occupy movement to Kristallnacht, the infamous pogrom of Nov 9-10, 1938. In his letter titled "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?" Mr Perkins said: "Writing from the epicentre of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its 'one per cent', namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one per cent, namely the rich. "From the Occupy movement to the demonisation of the rich embedded in virtually every word of our local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, I perceive a rising tide of hatred of the successful one per cent." Mr Perkins cited the antipathy in San Francisco towards luxury "Google buses" that carry technology workers to their well paid jobs, and growing anger over rising house prices caused by wealthy buyers employed by internet companies. |
| Posted by:Omavising Ebbemp9815 |
| #2 The Left is pissed at Perkins because he's right. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-01-27 10:22 |
| #1 There's always a top 5%. There may be some shifting around of its occupants, but every society/culture have their 5%. It's been the stupidity of the rest who've allowed the 80 percent to be destroyed in the name of the bottom 15% that is in the works now. The Beltway has always defined 'poor' as the bottom 15%. Never mind that its not the poor of Haiti or Somalia or god knows where. The progressive socialists have been using that 15% to destroy the 80%. Every act is justified for the poor, for social justice, for income equity, etc. Of course its about the accumulation of power, as there has always been poor, there are poor, and there will always be poor. No government program can remove the consequences of the exercise of human free will to choose badly. It's a human trait observed for hundreds of years - you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-27 08:52 |