The tiny island of Nauru was once the world’s wealthiest microstate. Now it's on the verge of collapse; a cautionary tale of squandered bird poop fortunes and shrinking shorelines.
This is a big part of why we have a huge influx of migration from the third world. The colonial heritage has created great wealth for the ones in power which has also been used to arm the powerful to keep the masses down.
Worldwide inflation has not really affected the powerful as they take their money off the top. There is just less and less available to the poor. Whether the money comes from guano, oil, diamonds, tourism, foreign aid, or anything else, the effect is the same.
Even as they escape, they are still being exploited. Human traffickers that move them along the way, money siphoned off remittances to family left behind. Even the ones that escape that are in a legal limbo that allows them to be exploited in the new country wherever they land.
The liberal leadership in the developed world don't seem to have a problem with having those working in the shadows. They get cheap labor and those without status don't have any input into the system. Restricting immigration used to be one of the major planks of the Democratic Party platform here in the US. Then the liberal elite decided that they would rather have cheap labor and imported goods so they kicked the working class part of their party to the curb.
They set up programs to address problems such as homelessness. Unfortunately, all the money goes to "administrative costs", "environmental assessments" and "feasibility studies" rather than creating places for people to live. If anything gets built at all, it is off in some area where there are no jobs and no transportation to get to anywhere that does. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York for example blame all the problems on the other political party that has not had any power or influence in decades. The money just gets siphoned off and squandered just as surely as it did in Nauru.
You would be correct if there was fixed supply of money. There is not. It is not a pie that is cut into slices. Just because one person has more does not stop another from baking their own pie. Inflation does not affect the "powerful" because the powerful don't hold on to money. They buy companies, and farms and office towers, and mineral rights and a list of other things that earns them more money. It's not magic.
Wealth is not just money one person has. It is about access and connections. If you are starting a business or looking for a job, if you are not a part of the insider group, barriers really exist. If you are in the group that lives by prestige, most without it will be passed over.
There may be social mobility by getting more money, but that doesn't give you entry into the closed society of power. If you don't have the independent resources to live in DC or NYC to take an unpaid internship that is a prerequisite to getting on the inside track, you are SOL. The same thing happens everywhere.
Yes, outsiders can succeed, but is a rare exception that allowed them to bypass the gatekeepers. You can get into the "right" schools on academics if you are exceptional but it is by far easier if you are a "legacy candidate." If you are looking for employment, it is more about connections and introductions for the choice positions.
That is what is wrong with the myth of the "glass ceiling." Discrimination exists but it is a distant second to connections. Even at lower levels. There are hordes of people who work on credentials for promotion, but they are competing against people who have the same credentials *and* the connections. The connections almost always trump credentials.
If you are starting a business, having friends on the inside of government greatly lubricates the bureaucratic process. Your paperwork gets expedited. You get the appointments to speak to the right people. You get guidance and problems are quickly resolved.
Rising sea levels are a genuine concern? Really? "Climate change" is the ultimate Global Elite psy-op manufactured to force us regular folk into a fight for even the basics that the First World enjoyed in the fifties...while Klaus Schwab and his cronies fly to Climate summits in their private jets. No gas heat for you, peasant! The violent weather we are seeing is absolute weather-control by those who control us. You ruined a good article with NWO talking points.
This is a big part of why we have a huge influx of migration from the third world. The colonial heritage has created great wealth for the ones in power which has also been used to arm the powerful to keep the masses down.
Worldwide inflation has not really affected the powerful as they take their money off the top. There is just less and less available to the poor. Whether the money comes from guano, oil, diamonds, tourism, foreign aid, or anything else, the effect is the same.
Even as they escape, they are still being exploited. Human traffickers that move them along the way, money siphoned off remittances to family left behind. Even the ones that escape that are in a legal limbo that allows them to be exploited in the new country wherever they land.
The liberal leadership in the developed world don't seem to have a problem with having those working in the shadows. They get cheap labor and those without status don't have any input into the system. Restricting immigration used to be one of the major planks of the Democratic Party platform here in the US. Then the liberal elite decided that they would rather have cheap labor and imported goods so they kicked the working class part of their party to the curb.
They set up programs to address problems such as homelessness. Unfortunately, all the money goes to "administrative costs", "environmental assessments" and "feasibility studies" rather than creating places for people to live. If anything gets built at all, it is off in some area where there are no jobs and no transportation to get to anywhere that does. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York for example blame all the problems on the other political party that has not had any power or influence in decades. The money just gets siphoned off and squandered just as surely as it did in Nauru.
You would be correct if there was fixed supply of money. There is not. It is not a pie that is cut into slices. Just because one person has more does not stop another from baking their own pie. Inflation does not affect the "powerful" because the powerful don't hold on to money. They buy companies, and farms and office towers, and mineral rights and a list of other things that earns them more money. It's not magic.
Wealth is not just money one person has. It is about access and connections. If you are starting a business or looking for a job, if you are not a part of the insider group, barriers really exist. If you are in the group that lives by prestige, most without it will be passed over.
There may be social mobility by getting more money, but that doesn't give you entry into the closed society of power. If you don't have the independent resources to live in DC or NYC to take an unpaid internship that is a prerequisite to getting on the inside track, you are SOL. The same thing happens everywhere.
Yes, outsiders can succeed, but is a rare exception that allowed them to bypass the gatekeepers. You can get into the "right" schools on academics if you are exceptional but it is by far easier if you are a "legacy candidate." If you are looking for employment, it is more about connections and introductions for the choice positions.
That is what is wrong with the myth of the "glass ceiling." Discrimination exists but it is a distant second to connections. Even at lower levels. There are hordes of people who work on credentials for promotion, but they are competing against people who have the same credentials *and* the connections. The connections almost always trump credentials.
If you are starting a business, having friends on the inside of government greatly lubricates the bureaucratic process. Your paperwork gets expedited. You get the appointments to speak to the right people. You get guidance and problems are quickly resolved.
Reminiscent of lottery winners who end up declaring bankruptcy a few short years later 😂
Rising sea levels are a genuine concern? Really? "Climate change" is the ultimate Global Elite psy-op manufactured to force us regular folk into a fight for even the basics that the First World enjoyed in the fifties...while Klaus Schwab and his cronies fly to Climate summits in their private jets. No gas heat for you, peasant! The violent weather we are seeing is absolute weather-control by those who control us. You ruined a good article with NWO talking points.
That is an amazing story , pertinent to us all , as natural resources are squandered.