Sentences with phrase «by rich elites»

As Kareem Abdul - Jabbar has written, the poor will revolt against this micro-management of the economy and the environment by rich elites.

Jonathan Jones: From Raphael to Picasso, our heritage is being squandered by a rich elite who would rather sell paintings than save them

Many of the earliest luxury homes in Denver were built specifically by the rich elite in the urban centers of the old town, with some of these homes surviving to this day as a look into Denver's architectural heritage.

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Jesus condemned the oppression and marginalization of his impoverished people by the Romans and other ruling elites who sought through their unjust system of taxation to extract as much wealth as possible from the majority of people to benefit the rich, powerful, ruling elites.

Connecticut also suffers from dramatic income inequality — the state's elite are by far the richest 1 percent in America.

This should be straightened up by a pious monarch who is more concerned for the ordinary people than for the rich power elite.

Efforts to promote such changes in the guise of human rights are correctly condemned as egregious instances of «cultural imperialism» by which elites of certain rich nations, not least of the United States, attempt to impose their values on the rest of the world.

Alot of the poor now in this economy were made so due to direct criminal actions by the top elite wallstreeters and rich bankers and the politicians that serve them.

March 22 — The crackdown by Spanish authorities to prevent elite footballers getting even richer by beating the tax system has struck again, with former Liverpool and Real Madrid star Xabi Alonso facing a possible five - year jail term after being accused of fraud.

The gap between the rich and the poor and the enduring suspicion of a ruling elite, the most gaping problems with the UK today, are problems shared by the political parties, not ones which really split them.

German politics at the time had the following rough divisions: A far left wing, personified by the KPD and USPD, which wanted a radical redistribution of wealth from rich profiteers to people at all levels; a social reorganization, doing away with noble, military, landowning, and industrial elite rulers; and an end to...

A recent radio ad sponsored by New York State United Teachers features a pompous - sounding character called «Mr. Moneybags» falsely asserting that the Education Tax Credit is designed to allow the «super rich» to divert money to «elite» private schools.

Even if you aren't dreaming of completing an endurance race, you'll still be blown away by Rich Roll's account of his transformation from an out - of - shape middle - aged corporate lawyer to an elite endurance athlete in Finding Ultra.

The young people turn out to be clones that are specifically born and bred so that their organs can be «harvested» for transplants by the rich and powerful elite.

She also dragged out the tired argument that the gap between rich and poor will be exacerbated by «giving a public subsidy to affluent families that choose elite private schools, which are unlikely to admit students who struggle academically or can not afford tuition even with a voucher.»

One, a system of elite private and religious schools for well - to - do, mostly White parents with the means to afford expensive tuition payments, staffed by qualified, certified teachers, with a rich curriculum based on face - to - face instruction in clean, safe, well - maintained schools...

Mercedes» flagship saloon, the S - Class is favoured by the rich, elite and the very important of the world to carry them in complete luxury and safety and the S - Class Guard model only makes the entire journey even safer from all kinds of attacks without making too much noise.

Written by Yoko Kamio, Boys Over Flowers is the tale of a poor girl attending a rich academy for the elite.

However, it is certain to anger sections of Republican opinion in America by endorsing the warnings of climate scientists and admonishing rich elites, say cardinals and scientists who have advised the Vatican.

The convenient and ancient view among elites that the poor are actually spiritually rich, and the exaggeration of insignificant gestures like recycling and buying new lightbulbs, are both motivated by the cognitive dissonance created by simultaneously believing that not all seven billion humans on earth can «live like we live» and, consciously or unconsciously, knowing that we are unwilling to give up our high standard of living.

At 2018's South By Southwest Conference, HBO and the marketing agency Giant Spoon created an epic promotion for Westworld, HBO's series about a far - future Old West theme park where the rich elite play out their fantasies of heroism and villainy.