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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Attributed to Warren Buffet by Ben Stein in In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning (November 26, 2006), The New York Times. Buffett made a similar statement in an interview with Lou Dobbs on CNN, 25 May 2005: "It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/10/buffett/index.html

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Class_conflict

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

While correct here, in this fairly out of context snippet, Buffet is no Engels.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

-- and all it takes is a bunch of videos, print, full bellies and a warm bed every night.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

As long as everyone keeps a slab of corporate surveillance in their pocket that's only a few clicks away from another purchase and endless emotional response, the rich will keep winning. Food, water, and bed be damned.