Here is an interesting thought experiment. Suppose all the elites – the high income,
college-educated people who run the country – went on strike for a day? What
would happen? Professors might not turn up at their classes, CEOs and their
executive management teams would not turn up, and it might be hard to complete
a commercial real estate deal or sue someone. A few TV shows would not have their
on-screen talent. Congress wouldn’t be in session and some big business meetings
might not occur. Would anyone even notice?
Now suppose all the working class people went on strike for
a day. There would be no public transportation – no busses or trains or planes
or taxies. Stores, including grocery stores, would have to close because there
would be no clerks, but then there would be no deliveries of new stock anyway
since truck drivers would be on strike too. Of course there would be no mail or
package delivery. If your power or phone or water or sewer or cable system went
down, no one would fix it. If your car broke down there would be no one to fix
it. If you house caught on fire, there would be no fire department to help. If
you had a heart attack or an accident there would be no ambulance service for
you. If you were robbed, there would be no police department to turn to. There would
be no radio or TV, and movie theaters would be closed, and of course all
streaming media would be unavailable. Gas stations would close, but they wouldn’t
be getting gas supplies anyway because there would be no truck drivers. Nothing
would get cleaned, or repaired, or installed. Hospitals and doctor’s offices would
close, because there would be no nursing staff. And on and on and on……….
Yet the elites run the country and make most of the
money. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
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