Why Are the Rich Such Whiners?

Several times this week we were treated to ultra-rich being their usual arrogant selves, then somehow getting all defensive when 99% of the people were horrified by their remarks. At the beginning of the week, we were treated to Tom Perkins, billionaire extraordinaire, comparing some slight criticism of his rich ilk, to Kristalnacht and the Holocaust.

Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its "one percent," namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich." ...This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendant "progressive" radicalism unthinkable now?

When called out, he apologized for using the word Kristalnacht, "but not the sentiment.".

After solemnly explaining that he’d spoken to Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League, Perkins drew an odd distinction, disavowing his use of the word Kristallnacht, but apparently not the broader Nazi comparison.
Then he embarked on a rambling discourse that essentially reiterated the very comments that ignited the furor.

 He still thought criticisms of how the one percent operate was comparable to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. Hey, Tom, when you bastards are being rounded up into concentration camps, being hung or shot, and your fortunes appropriated by the government, then we can talk about oppression, but seriously, until then you're just a whiny spoiled rich jerk, with an over inflated idea of his own importance.

Of course, since his comments were printed as an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, the mouthpiece of the American plutocracy, the editorial board printed their own defense of Perkins. What else would we expect from a rag owned by Rupert Murdoch? Murdoch's defending himself and his class.

Then Samantha Bee, at the Daily Show, nailed billionaire Peter Schiff's attitude, "You're worth what you're worth." In his case it was "mentally retarded" earning $2 an hour. When he saw that most people considered him a total ass, he tried to blame the Daily Show, as if it wasn't an accurate portrayal of him.

Finally, we come to Lady Ann Romney. Why the Romney's think anyone in America gives a rat's hoot what they think is beyond me. Still Lady Ann still felt some compulsion to sniff, "We lost, but truly the country lost by not having Mitt as president." Come on, Lady Ann, you lost because most of American rejected you as their rulers, because you and your husband are out to lunch. 

Seriously, the rich demand and get the best of everything. They pretty much live in a world most of the rest never even get to glimpse. It is they that determine our futures, but somehow they are unfairly being put upon by some mild criticism of the way they operate? As they say around here, what whiny a** little b*****s.