Analysis suggests that the accumulation of extreme wealth among the top one percent is indicative of a systemic pathology, characterized by a lack of empathy and the prevalence of psychopathic traits. This economic structure, critics contend, is sustained through widespread exploitation and significant tax evasion.
Despite worker productivity rising 73% since 1979, middle class compensation has only risen 23%, meaning workers are being robbed of the value they create and should demand justice.
Workers have been demanding fair wages and basic dignity for decades, and when employers refused to listen, the alternative to negotiation became violence, as seen in the Haymarket, Homestead, and Ludlow massacres, as well as the recent CEO assassination and warehouse burning.
The myth that minimum wage jobs are for teenagers is a lie that is used to justify paying adults poverty wages, when in reality the vast majority of minimum wage workers are adults who are the primary earners for their families.