CMV: The Middle Class is no longer needed.

The willingness to let people starve right as the holidays roll in and punish the lower classes of America is the most obvious indication that the government and top 1% of America no longer relies on middle class-lower income America. Historically, in a recession, everything is priced down so that consumers can still contribute to the market. In the current economy, everything is priced up despite record unemployment, lower wages, homelessness etc.

The current statistic is that about 55% of Americans only possess 2.5% (two point five) of the economy. If half the nation dies tomorrow, it would mean next to nothing to most of the wealthy Americans. The representation in the economy is practically less than what they pay in taxes. Sure, there may be some brief system shock before course correcting after a small amount of time.

They have been testing this with the on-again/off-again tariffs. I don't believe Trump could have done this 15 years ago without bringing the country to its knees. It is not normal that the economy stabilized within a week of such drastic changes. Despite the vast majority of Americans experiencing worse financial security, the economy is reporting only stock market gains (i.e. the economy of the rich and corporations). You may get to play in the stock market, but it is just an illusion of control. All the money is just traded between CEOs of various industries, Each industry generally has 4-5 parent corporations that run all players in the industry, and instead of competing against each other, they get together like congress and decide how they're going to take the industry. For example, subtle things to notice would be how when you go into stores and look at the seasonal decor, all the major stores tend to have the same exact theme going. In the Michaels and Target stores, they all had a hippie groovy Halloween theme that can't be coincidental. It certainly isn't responding to market demand, it is just collaboration.