This is an absolutely stunning thing to see written out so clearly: 

"From 1989 to 2017, the real per capita value of corporate equity increased at a 7.2% annual rate. We estimate that 40% of this increase was attributable to a reallocation of rewards to shareholders in a decelerating economy, primarily at the expense of labor compensation."

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/734089

I can’t stop thinking about this. It’s truly insane we are so… what? Fat? Complacent? Stupid? Something? 

that it is plainly stated to us all the time — they take from you, to enrich themselves — and everyone just shrugs

This has been the norm for the last 40 years:

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This has been the norm for the last 40 years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine

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I’m not debating that — but at what point is the squeeze too tight?