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Spoken like an elitist liberal.

Firstly, I'm not a liberal.

Secondly, what do you mean elitist? I'm literally suggesting the the dismantling of the hierarchy. My entire point of view is that concepts of elitism are inherently wrong. That criticism does not even make sense, it's a meaningless insult.

You remind me of someone I once read about. They too believed in progressive ideals. They decided to hitchhike from Italy to the middle east in an attempt to share their message of love and peace. Three weeks into the trip they were raped, murdered, and left in a ditch. But I guess you’re right, evil people don’t exist, it’s just those damn aggrieved saps at the bottom who don’t respect the system. You’re right, there are certainly people who have been downtrodden by the world and become cold and callous, but there are also people simply born cruel. I’ve seen downtrodden people act with tremendous kindness/morality, and I’ve seen successful people act with tremendous evil/immorality. For you to pretend that bad behavior is simply a result of “the system” is idiotic and out of touch with reality.

Please try read what I wrote, instead of just imagining my position.

I never said that people don't do bad things, and I never said that all unrest or violence would end, I never said that every person would become an upstanding member of society. But people are a product of their environment. People who have decent lives, who live in more equitable societies, have less motivation to attack those societies.

Don't fold me into your ridiculous black-and-white pattern of thinking.

What do you suppose led to the vast inequality?

Capitalism.

California is one of the most progressive states in the country. It’s been that way basically my entire life.

And is still capitalist, and still rather conservative on key issues, because your whole country is quite conservative at the federal level.

California is more progressive than much of the US, that doesn't make them actually progressive in a broader sense.

Now we have only the poor and the insanely wealthy.

Gee whiz, it's almost as if they aren't at all as progressive as you think they are :)