Robert Reich on Social Justice and Social Empathy

What does empathy have to do with inequality? At this GGSC event, Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor and a professor at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, discusses how socio-economic inequality contributes to frayed social bonds—and explains what we can do about it.

Republished from the Greater Good Science Center, University of California - Berkley

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The Occupation will not be televised

The elitist Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads, are scratching their head pretending they don't know why in the world we the real American people have taken to the streets. According to them the protest doesn't have a clear message for them to mock, and no clear leader for them to bash.

It makes me want to holler, we want what you have...a high paying job...access to quality affordable medical, dental and mental health care.... 401k, portfolios, retirement and stock options.....several homes....an education...the ability to educate our children....the ability to take care of our elderly parents....the ability to travel around the country and the world....the ability to feed our families..... $200 dollar hair styles, designer clothes and shoes....OK, that last part was a snark but you get my drift.

Psst Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads! We the real American people are tired of the rich getting richer while the rest get the shaft.

We the real Americans are tired of being asked to do all the sacrificing of life and limb.

We the real Americans are tired of being lied into unjust, illegal, immoral wars.

We the real Americans want our damn country back.

You got that?

If not, watch, listen and learn as former Congressman Alan Grayson (D. Florida) breaks it down for you, that is if you really want to know what the occupation is all about.