As you ruminate on your
problem of eating or heating, your mate in workfare, your disabled
neighbour facing ATOS, and your friend on zero hours contract,
perhaps you could spare a thought for Bruce Rockowitz and Coco Lee.
This couple got married recently and their wedding is reported to
have cost $20 million, yes, $20 million. Bruce, is one of those
products of the capitalist system, creating personal wealth from
sweatshop exploitation, his 2012 income is reported as almost $7
million, while his bride Coco, a Hong Kong pop star, not short of a
bob or two herself, likewise is a product of this system.
This typifies the
glaring injustice in the economic system we tolerate, two relatively
young people have amassed an unbelievable fortune. One from
exploiting desperate vulnerable people, the other by being the
subject of media hype. While the most of us put in a full days work
all our lives, creating the wealth that they enjoy, and we just about get by. We live amidst an abundance of
wealth that we created, yet most live in poverty, is that the best we can do?
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