The World is dividing into two blocs - the plutonomies, where economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few, and the rest. In a plutonomy, there are rich consumers, few in number, but disproportionate in the gigantic slice of income and consumption they take. There are the rest, the “non-rich”, the multitudinous many, but only accounting for surprisingly small bites of the national pie. At the heart of plutonomy is income inequality. Societies that are willing to tolerate/endorse income inequality are willing to tolerate/endorse plutonomy. Society and governments need to be amenable to disproportionately.
The U.S. , UK , and Canada China , India , and Russia Scandinavia , France , Germany , other continental Europe [except Italy ], and Japan
There are 1,011 billionaires in the world this year. These titans control entire swaths of the global economy, from energy and steel to fashion and telecom.
Photograph: Jimmy Sime, 1937, Toffs and Toughs
What comes after plutonomy? After the Orwellian socieaty is established? Bliss? All the superrich living in endless harmony with each other facing no threats from the rest? The battle against humanity en large is won. Humanity is enslaved. Powerless. Where emerges the next enemy (target) for the man who has such en enormous thirst for power and wealth if it not be the man next to him? Are you and your family safe within such a group of power hungry men?
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