Troubling Talk

With the news of the AIG bonuses going to the screw ups who put the economy in it's current mess (or at least own a majority of the cause) there has been a lot of talk of pitchforks, nooses, and all around lynchings. It really is starting to get ugly.

The thing is, all this anger, rage, and desire for revenge is directed towards white men. The faces of the people responsible for today's economic catastrophe are Jim Cramer, Rick Santelli, and Bernard Madoff.

So much for scary black folk. Turns out the real villains are neither brown skinned, nor poor. But then, neither were the French royalty back during the French Revolution. They were as white and rich as they come. Didn't keep them from losing their heads.

When the rich absorb most of the profits in society, and arrange for most of the benefits of society to be just for themselves, they eventually find themselves facing a very angry majority. It's happening now.

There really is a lot of rage out there. And it's seems to be reaching a catharsis. And not a healthy one, at that. When even Matt Yglesias (future conservative) starts noting this trend, it means there is something wrong.