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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1120533" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Well it's not that extreme but any time you have those in power exploiting large groups of people, those who do well assisting those in power are going to be resented by those who's lives are becoming more and more a struggle just to get by. Look at the Soviet Union. Multiple families sharing apartments. Long lines because a store had some bread or cheese that day. People drinking themselves to death because life was so bleak. And yet those that helped the power structure, like elite athletes who helped prop up an image of Soviets, given their own apartments, cars, clothes, food, special privileges. Think the average citizen resented that? No matter the system, if the bulk of the people are struggling while those who help the system do well, the ones doing well will always be resented by many. That's the backlash you are getting here. Might not be what you want to hear, but it's a theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1120533, member: 24302"] Well it's not that extreme but any time you have those in power exploiting large groups of people, those who do well assisting those in power are going to be resented by those who's lives are becoming more and more a struggle just to get by. Look at the Soviet Union. Multiple families sharing apartments. Long lines because a store had some bread or cheese that day. People drinking themselves to death because life was so bleak. And yet those that helped the power structure, like elite athletes who helped prop up an image of Soviets, given their own apartments, cars, clothes, food, special privileges. Think the average citizen resented that? No matter the system, if the bulk of the people are struggling while those who help the system do well, the ones doing well will always be resented by many. That's the backlash you are getting here. Might not be what you want to hear, but it's a theory. [/QUOTE]
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