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Right now, the richest 20 Americans hold more wealth than half the population. The richest 1% holds more than the bottom 99% combined. Worldwide, just 60 people hold more wealth than the bottom half of the world’s population — as in, roughly 3.5 BILLION people.
To me, that’s obscene.
Another likely factor in the indifference of some when it comes to inequality: They don’t get that wealth held by the rich is wealth no one else can then hold. Wealth is finite. Assets are finite. Money supply is finite. Payrolls are finite. A billionaire’s money can’t exist in his or her pocket and yours at the same time . . . so their wealth automatically and necessarily diminishes yours. That’s just math. A billion dollars in John Doe’s hand is a billion dollars taken out of the pool for anyone else.
Again, it’s just math. And too many Americans can’t seem to do math.
ya know. i say some of these things to people. how the number of billionaires increases every year. and the number of poor grows even higher.
most people shrug. or there’s a sense of resignation. the rich are going to do what they want, and we are powerless to stop it. a few even place the blame on the poor for taking their money from welfare and government assistance and whatnot and no mention of the rich and their greed.
i have no idea why that is. yeah a lot of it might be a result of indoctrination or just ignorance. but i think also. on some level. humans are just pieces of shit.
i mean can clinton or trump really help who they are? they just are who they are. i don’t think they’re evil. i think they’re no more evil than the “oppressed poor people”.
they just do what they do and have no idea why they do what they do just like every other human on the planet and the result is just one big hot mess.
perhaps i’m making no sense right now. just rambling.
honestly i don’t think people care. even if you were able to somehow shed more light on it or there was more media coverage on these issues.
i don’t think people care all that much about disparity in wealth, empire building, clandestine organizations. that’s the sense i get.
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Well what do you think Americans ‘do’ care about?w
vi think people are interested in protecting what’s theirs.
i think they like the notion of equality but not at the expense of their own security.
or maybe i’m just feeling really pessimistic these days.
honestly i don’t think people care. even if you were able to somehow shed more light on it or there was more media coverage on these issues.
i don’t think people care all that much about disparity in wealth, empire building, clandestine organizations. that’s the sense i get.
Well, true the Rams had a great o-line back then and Dickerson was Dickerson but I don’t think you need an o-line full of all-pros to run effectively against those fronts when you have a great back. Gurley is a generational talent. He has HOF level skills. He just needs a crease and he’s gone. But the Rams o-line has been so overmatched that Gurley can’t get anything going. He’s constantly being hit in the backfield or at the LOS. And the way defenses are playing the Rams certainly can’t be a surprise to Fisher. He knew coming into the season that the Rams o-line was going to face a lot of 8 and 9 man fronts. He must have thought the o-line would be able to hold up against them. Fisher still figured they would be able to run effectively. I think the o-line isn’t as good as Fisher thought it was going to be. PFF ranks them among the worst in the league. Fisher just overestimated how good his o-line is.
oline is a question mark. i also gotta question scheme and coaching. i wonder how effective boudreau is at coaching this line. i know he’s got a good reputation, but he also has a reputation for sometimes wearing out his welcome. i also have to question if boras is scheming to gurley’s strengths.
and there’s probably things gurley needs to work on himself. i also wonder if maybe losing that weight wasn’t a good thing for him.
also. if robinson is indeed a better fit athe guard then the staff needs a better job of identifying that and making the appropriate change.
He leads a Rams offense that ranks 30th among 32 teams in the NFL, averaging 307.6 yards per game. The Rams are 25th in passing, 29th in rushing.
These numbers, IMO, are based on a mistake. The mistake is, the numbers are season averages which count the 1st 2 games. I argue that they improved so much in so many areas on offense after those 2 games that averages that include them give a false picture. If you look at the last 5 games they are not nearly that bad. The more realistic picture would come from an average of the last 5 games, not all 7 including obviously the 1st 2. In fact the first 2 games are so bad they drag stats down for the season in several categories.
And I prove that with numbers. Here: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/where-does-the-offense-rank-last-3-games/
When you see the differences, they’re dramatic.
i’ll wait until the end of the season, but discounting the first two weeks is also discounting what other team did their first two weeks.
this offense is bad. but i don’t blame keenum. the problem is that atrocious run game.
They played well against Detroit then those three all acted like they had been enjoying london more than getting ready to play.
they more than deserved to get called out. and i will go even further and say they should not be part of any long term plan for this offense.
as soon as spruce and cooper are ready i’m slotting them in. enough of the knuckleheadedry.
for me. and part of this is probably insanity talking.
it’s not about benching players cuz i think we’ll magically improve this year.
it’s about the realization that the offense as it is now is not going to cut it.
i’d bench keenum not because i think goff will be better than case this year. but that in time he will eventually be better. and what better way to get a leg up on next season than starting him now so he can get some experience. WITH THE ASSUMPTION that he looks ready enough. if he isn’t then no. don’t throw him in with the risk that he get himself hurt physically or mentally.
and if i bench quick or britt it’s because i want a better look at how cooper and spruce look. and obviously there will be lumps. but i like their mental makeup. cooper is a former high school qb. spruce is technician. a guy who has maximized his ability. their mental makeup i’m gambling will be better for the rams in the long term than britt and quick – who haven’t impressed me beyond their physical skills. now obviously the coaches see these guys everyday so if they’re not ready then you don’t play them. but i want to see them get more playing time if they are ready.
and obviously you don’t just bench players and g8ve rookies a starting position but you ramp up their reps in practice and eventually in games.
i had my hopes up for britt and quick but i think they are what they were the last three years and not the last three games.
