VC Compares Fight Against Inequality To Kristallnacht

For those not familiar with Kristallnact (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht) it is recognized as the first signal to the coming Holocaust where Jews and their businesses where the target of violence and vandalism.

Is this really what is happening in San Francisco?

Though I dislike much of how the media portrays the 1% issue, are these people really 'under-seige'?

What I will agree with is that there is a turning tide, and Tom Perkins may be on the wrong side of the fence. But anybody who would write that San Francisco is 'the epicenter of progressive thought', I consider slightly delusional anyway. I don't think I can consider any part of any country which is tearing itself apart trying to implement a basic workable public medical system, which all other 1st world countries seem to have figured out, 'progressive'. Or where people still argue over issues like 'same sex marriage', 'abortion' and many other basic civil liberties.

San Francisco may be the centre of the technology world and the leader in that field, which currently leads the business world, but that doesn't mean they are 'progressive thought leaders'.

I would think the very thought that they have a 1% which is actively trying to maintain their wealth at the cost of the rest is also proof of this.

Now, on to my rant about how the media portray's the 1% issue. Personally, I have no problem with the 1% having 99% of the wealth (or whatever it is), and I think many people are looking at the issue from the wrong angle. I don't care how many billions Tom Perkins or anybody else has, as long as the bottom 1-to-10% are living under acceptable conditions. As long as we can agree the the quality of life for all is being looked after. That should be our goal. Not just in America, but in all countries. Can we stop focusing on a dollar difference and start focusing on the suffering of the people at the bottom?