This is an important point. The late SCOTUS Justice Louis Brandeis said, “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.”
Dan Price
 @DanPriceSeattle
19 Aug 2020
Today the stock market hit a record high, Apple became the first $2T company, Target profits surged 80% & Jeff Bezos made $7.1B in a day Meanwhile, 21% of small biz have closed & revenue for the rest is down 30% Big companies already dominated. Now they're consolidating power.

Aug 20, 2020 · 2:20 AM UTC

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And also America still happens to be the nation that is land of opportunities. And we dominate the world militarily and economically. This is the country where you go from rags to riches.
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Looks like we got the latter
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The Stock Market is NOT the American Economy ... and ... it is not a reflection of the HEALTH of this nation ...
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Only consumers have the power to change the world.
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Like you I have been concerned about the discrepancy between the climbing numbers on the stock market, most of them driven by super fast computers that have nothing to do with people, and the enormous suffering in our country due to the pandemic.
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de•moc•ra•cy dĭ-mŏk′rə-sē► n.Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. n.A political or social unit that has such a government. n.The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
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