The U.S. economy is basically like World Series of Poker

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

The rich have an abundance of chips and they can basically take chances and make money without trying. More importantly they can afford to sit out matches and take long breaks without fear of missing anything. The middle class reps the players in the middle and they normally go head to head with the upper class/rich. The problem though is their chips keep dwindling away to the point where they play not to lose and now the big and small blinds and painful. They can't afford to sit out matches because other players like them can get more chips. The working class barely play. The have a few chips but the big and small blinds would basically put them all in. So they end up at the tables with small blinds but everyone plays not to lose so everyone barely plays and simply wait for the perfect hand all the time

What ends up happening is the middle class loose chips playing at the main tables with the rich or other middle class players. So you have middle class players at tables the working class normally use and they start taking chips from poor players.

You have the rich tables with the big blinds and the poor tables with the poor blinds. The rich have been able to take chips from the middle class forcing them to play at the poor tables. The working class are slowly being forced to go all in by playing the big blind and if they play the small blind, they won't have enough chips to play anymore after that.

 

[Mr. Pink]

This analogy only stands on the premise that wealth is a zero-sum game. Which is an interesting debate in itself.

Do you think wealth is a zero-sum game(i.e: someone must lose in order for someone to win)?

 

[deaddd]

meanwhile http://www.thecoli.com/threads/bitcoin-200.157550

 

[OsO]

Do you think wealth is a zero-sum game(i.e: someone must lose in order for someone to win)?

absolutely not.

but this social order teaches that we are playing a zero sum game so it can program those in the society, especially those in power, to look out only for themselves even at the expense of the greater good.

the easiest way to get one group of people to fight another group of people is to make them a threat to each other.. because then self preservation kicks in, and the rest is history.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

This analogy only stands on the premise that wealth is a zero-sum game. Which is an interesting debate in itself.
Do you think wealth is a zero-sum game(i.e: someone must lose in order for someone to win)?

It's not zero sum game. The rich have the most chips and like in any casino the high rollers can influence the house (government). The crazy part is the amount of wealth that is created out of thin air. Speculation and perception.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

the movie killing them softly does some heavy handed theme where the US economy is like their local underground poker game

 

[Tres Leches]

at the end the chip leader doesn't always win though

 

[newworldafro]

*doesn't know how to play poker*

 

[Bernie Madoff]

You too can make money how others make money. Stop crying, and start grinding.