Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Monday 20 January 2020
Oxfam Warns of Widening Gap between Rich and Poor
The world's billionaires have more money than 60% of the world's population, says Oxfam's annual report on global inequality. It said poor women and girls were at the bottom of the scale, putting in "12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work each and every day," estimated to be worth at least $10.8 trillion a year. James Wilson reports.
