Unearned Income and America’s Downfall
From tax policy and weakened labor power to privatized education, economic inequality, and ecological collapse, America’s worship of investment wealth is accelerating democratic decay.
Peter Laarman
Updated: May 13, 2026 Original: May 13, 2026
Channeling here my inner Jeremiah, I will not lament America’s downfall if we fail to “mend our ways and our doings,” which I very much doubt we will do at this p…
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