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Thomas Piketty's book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” is perhaps the most well-known work to analyze the widening economic gulf between capital owners and workers, and it has galvanized other scholars to address this urgent problem.7 Piketty's central thesis is that the return on capital tends to exceed significantly the growth rate of the economy, which leads to increasing concentrations of wealth in the hands of the few and extreme inequality. (at Shreveport, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfLOAtP2ht/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“They had not set out to be politically ambitious, but they were worried that doing nothing might mean the loss of all they valued. ‘The West was determined to divide the faithful, keep them poor, and lower them into depravity.’ The alienated poor, barred from organizing around ideology, came together around religion. When a party arose calling for a ‘just order’ Turks signed on in huge numbers: 200,000 in 1991; by 1995, 4 million. ‘Other parties have members,’ boasted one leader, ‘we have believers.’ For decades, President Atatürk and his disciples had warned voters that the ascension of a religious party could… address this anxiety.” - Madeline Albright, page 140-141, chapter eleven of “Fascism: A Warning” (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmlbiLvSZq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Non sibi sed patriae” is a Latin phrase meaning "not for self, but country". The phrase is inscribed on some war memorials, such as the First World War memorial in Newcastle Upon Tyne called “The Response.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CliGkeJrx2V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at San Francisco, California https://www.instagram.com/p/CkygMOsvfJ8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I’m going to knock the sh** out of them before they take off the ground.” “Successful offense brings victory. Successful defense can now only lessen defeat.” — Gen Curtis LeMay, USAF’s youngest appointed and longest-serving 4-star general (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB6D8vyRr8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." - Henry David Thoreau, “Walden”, Conclusion (at West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB2_TTvgzB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“The first thing you must realize is that power is collective. The individual only has power in so far as he ceases to be an individual. You know the Party slogan: ‘Freedom is Slavery.’ Has it ever occurred to you that it is reversible? Slavery is freedom. Alone — free — the human being is always defeated. It must be so, because every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures. But if he can make complete, utter submission, if he can escape from his identity, if he can merge himself in the Party so that he IS the Party, then he is all-powerful and immortal.” George Orwell, Part Three, Chapter Three of “1984.” -- (at Grey Whale Cove Hiking Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB2lrEPzjD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The U.S. system taxes income. Selling stock generates income, so they avoid income as the system defines it. Meanwhile, billionaires can tap into their wealth by borrowing against it. And borrowing isn’t taxable. (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBSZBnrQyQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Golden Gate Bridge Gift Center https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj8vAXky0WK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Mount Vernon, Washington https://www.instagram.com/p/CjQ_LiSvS0p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Detroit Auto Show https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci6eV0Ojea2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Cornell University https://www.instagram.com/p/CiizTR6PAZJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy birthday President Russell M Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (at Cornell University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTH_rzvpkX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Cornell University https://www.instagram.com/p/CiRJ7UFjQfx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Plato doubtless did well foresee, unless kings themselves would apply their minds to the study of philosophy.” - Thomas More, Book One of “Uptopia” (at Cornell University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5ESQmOn_x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Be on guard against men [whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God]; for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues, And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a witness to bear testimony before them and to the Gentiles (the nations). But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you are to speak; for what you are to say will be given you in that very hour and moment, Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will take a stand against their parents and will have them put to death.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:17-19, 21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬ (at Kent State University - May 4 Memorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4GpEbuWtB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=