Reply to: The Super-Rich and Us

[SueEllen]

This programme is from 2015 if I recall correctly. I'm pretty certain I've seen it before.

Yes you aren't the only one.

[HealthyProtein]

The presenter of this TV series has done some other interesting documentaries on capitalism, economics, and health as well for the BBC.

You can find the list of those documentaries here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Peretti

In particular I recommend:

The Men Who Made Us Thin
The Men Who Made Us Fat
The Men Who Made Us Spend

[ChimpMaster]

This programme is from 2015 if I recall correctly. I'm pretty certain I've seen it before.

[vetran]

Better to have had 2 or 3 in the arse end of nowhere.

We all heard how you spend Saturday nights.

[vetran]

You seem obsessed with other people's wives.
Perhaps if you got yours to lose some weight, you might find her more interesting?
Or a facelift, maybe? Or perhaps get her an education?

Mrs SAS likes to be obsessed about, she is fed up of ignorant losers like you

[vetran]

Jeezus christ in a poncho AssGuru talks BS.

FTFY by the way we agree!

[BrilloPad]

Better to have had 2 or 3 BTLs in London than 50 in the arse end of nowhere.

His were in London.....

[sasguru]

Most of them are liars.

There was a well known poster round here who had 7 BTLs. He said publicly he had 34 just to shut sasguru up.

Better to have had 2 or 3 BTLs in London than 50 in the arse end of nowhere.

[OwlHoot]

Late stage capitalism is rentier capitalism.

I'm an ex-Tory who increasingly sees that a new approach is necessary.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/guy-st...ier-capitalism

_Some_ new approaches may be necessary, especially once jobs start drying up en masse over the next twenty or thirty years, as they undoubtedly will on present trends.

But, flip me, that article reads like a communist manifesto. For example, why shouldn't people and corporations profit from their patents, at least for a while?

[BrilloPad]

that's exactly how I feel reading this forum

Most of them are liars.

There was a well known poster round here who had 7 BTLs. He said publicly he had 34 just to shut sasguru up.

[pr1]

There was a survey recently on people who earned > £500k a year.

Most described themselves as not doing very well as they knew people whose net worth was £10m+

that's exactly how I feel reading this forum

[BrilloPad]

Depends what level of bankers are leaving doesn't it?
Is it back office or is it for example traders.
The latter are on millions and even the former are among the most highly paid in the land.
And you say I spout tripe?
None of these people are on your sort of pittance.

There was a survey recently on people who earned > £500k a year.

Most described themselves as not doing very well as they knew people whose net worth was £10m+

[BrilloPad]

Late stage capitalism is rentier capitalism.
I'm an ex-Tory who increasingly sees that a new approach is necessary.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/guy-st...ier-capitalism

I don't believe it will happen. But I hope so.

[SueEllen]

The 75000 bankers are not super rich.

They will not offer full time employment to anyone from their salaries.

They higher paid amongst them may have used the services of a cleaner and gardener, plus employed a nanny.

Jeezus christ in a poncho you do spout some utter utter tripe.

FTFY

[sasguru]

The 75000 bankers are not super rich.

They will not offer full time employment to anyone from their salaries.

They higher paid amongst them may have employed a cleaner.

Jeezus christ in a poncho you do spout some utter utter tripe.

Depends what level of bankers are leaving doesn't it?
Is it back office or is it for example traders.
The latter are on millions and even the former are among the most highly paid in the land.
And you say I spout tripe?
None of these people are on your sort of pittance.