Here are some census facts:
http://www.inequality.org/conbudstudyfr.html
I think this has much to do with the growing dislike of corporate America. Add to the corruption caused by the belief that the new aristocracy are above the law beginning in the Reagan era (in my opinion directly a consequence of trickle-down economics, the impact of which is still playing out today with, for example, Bush's tax cuts that target primarily the wealthy at the expense of social security and social services for the poor and middle class), the WTO that runs a form of world government (read cartel) without any democratic input, private school vouchers that have become little more than subsidies for the education of wealthy people, decades of war heavily influenced by oil barons, a justice system where victory is often determined by available funds, a new energy policy specifically written by and for the energy executives, and a campaign finance system that basically requires all officials to be elected based on their ability to accept bribes. Consider the prerequisites needed to enter or exert influence over the upper eschelons of our political process and it's rather sobering for the lower and middle classes.
I like WotC though, and it's a shame to see this happen. It's also a shame that they were sold to Hasbro, but it's good that they are granted a great deal of autonomy. I am not fond at all of the industry of marketting towards children of which Hasbro is a part. Advertisements geared toward kids are often designed to take advantage of their lack of experience and to pit children economically against their parents. At least the toy companies aren't as bad as the junk food and fast food companies though.
http://www.inequality.org/conbudstudyfr.html
I think this has much to do with the growing dislike of corporate America. Add to the corruption caused by the belief that the new aristocracy are above the law beginning in the Reagan era (in my opinion directly a consequence of trickle-down economics, the impact of which is still playing out today with, for example, Bush's tax cuts that target primarily the wealthy at the expense of social security and social services for the poor and middle class), the WTO that runs a form of world government (read cartel) without any democratic input, private school vouchers that have become little more than subsidies for the education of wealthy people, decades of war heavily influenced by oil barons, a justice system where victory is often determined by available funds, a new energy policy specifically written by and for the energy executives, and a campaign finance system that basically requires all officials to be elected based on their ability to accept bribes. Consider the prerequisites needed to enter or exert influence over the upper eschelons of our political process and it's rather sobering for the lower and middle classes.
I like WotC though, and it's a shame to see this happen. It's also a shame that they were sold to Hasbro, but it's good that they are granted a great deal of autonomy. I am not fond at all of the industry of marketting towards children of which Hasbro is a part. Advertisements geared toward kids are often designed to take advantage of their lack of experience and to pit children economically against their parents. At least the toy companies aren't as bad as the junk food and fast food companies though.
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