what is the cost of greed?

If you're looking for "critical piece of internet infrastructure that gets virtually no attention or financial support", take a gander at https://nwtime.org/donate/ -- I just donated what I could.

comparing these numbers with the first gilded age, how many robber barons were there? Specifically compare this statement with the conditions at the peak of the first gilded age: “The bottom half of billionaires controls about $3T, or 13.7% of billionaire wealth. The top 10% controls about $11.6T, or 53.2%. The top 1% alone controls about $5.2T”

No one should own a billion of anything.

Oh, you wanted unpopular? Let me show you what that word actually means.

Truth is, we have no middle class. It's just the rich.. and everyone else. Thanks, I fucking hate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmzadQE9UD4

Unusually wholesome and funny too https://www.tumblr.com/roomba-with-knives-taped-to-it/828593140588003328/i-think-i-just-gave-a-kid-his-first-exposure-to

Leo Laporte and I have a monthly video/audio show. "Off by One with Jeff Atwood". The next episode, #6 "HypnoCube Therapy Session" is freely available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOXemQ0uQc