America Has Become A Three-Caste, Medieval Economy

America Has Become A Three-Caste, Medieval Economy
The larger income inequality becomes, the more contentious our discourse
Peter Shanosky
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Feb 17, 2022
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A peasant wedding in The Middle Ages — Public Domain by Pieter Bruegel on Wikimedia Commons.It’s interesting how thoughts can come to you. Watching the Superbowl, specifically the ads contained in the broadcast, I was struck by two things. The first was the abundance of crypto advertisements, reminiscent of the late 90s or early 2000s. Does anybody…
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Written by Peter Shanosky
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Former lender and banker reassimilating into normal life. Non-partisan, anti-inflammatory. Also on substack: https://petershanosky.substack.com
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