The Marriages of Power Couples Reinforce Income Inequality
26th December 2015
This is news? Another thumbsucker from the New York Times.
Of course, the point is not necessarily to say something new, but rather to say something: The more a Voice of the Crust pounds a particular idea, like Income Inequality or whatever, the more Low Information voters are likely to panic and allow government action to encroach even more on their personal freedom.
The notion of “making a good match,” a staple of the writings of Jane Austen and Henry James, continues in contemporary romance novels.
As it has since the time that mankind first adopted agriculture. Alexander the Great had his generals marry women from the noble families of conquered people in order to cement his power. Of course, the Times wasn’t around then to notice so it wasn’t all that important.
At the same time, income inequality commands increasing attention from economists.
Mainly because it is one of the buttons the Crust use to keep the Underclass riled up, and economists are as dependent on the Crust for funding as anybody else. Tenure doesn’t grow on trees, you know.
Lately we’ve been learning just how much these two topics are tied together.
Mostly from Voices of the Crust like the New York Times. These guys have a tendency to like to breathe their own exhaust.
Whether measured in terms of income or education, there are more so-called power couples today than in the past, one manifestation of a phenomenon known as assortative mating, or more generally the pairing of like with like.
Well, no, the reason we have more ‘power couples’ today is because in the modern world women have more access to power and so turn what would otherwise be a Normal Couple into a Power Couple. Assortative mating has been with us for thousands of years, as the term ebenbürtig testifies. But organs like the Times never stick to the truth when it doesn’t serve their agenda.