The YouTube upload of “Bernie Sanders Amazing Speech” is making the cyberspace rounds this week. He speaks passionately about the war on working families and the shrinking by the wealthy and powerful.
By contrast, I happened upon the Cathie Black who, if not a billionaire herself, is at least on a first name basis with Mike and Rupert said in an interview that one of her favorite books is Hot, Flat and Crowded.
I haven’t read that book, but I did go to Amazon and looked inside. I read;
The core argument is very simple: America has a problem and the world has a problem. America’s problem is that it has lost it’s way in recent years–partly because of 9/11 and partly because of the bad habits that we have let build up over the past three decades, bad habits have weakened our society’s ability and willingness to take on big challenges. The world also has a problem, it’s getting hot, flat and crowded. That is global warming, the stunning rise of middle classes all over the world, and rapid population growth have converged in a way that could make our planet dangerously unstable.
I can’t help but think some people think that the world is a better place if the wealth and resources are controlled and enjoyed by a few instead of wasted on the bad habits of the destructive middle classes.