When I got wind of this book I knew that I had to read it. It had all the makings of a glorious rant and I was not disappointed. Although it is a slim volume Rick manages to cover a great deal of ground.
His basic premise if that we, the little guys are being screwed by the rich. I have to admit that I do agree with him.
Rick The Poet Warrior is one angry man. He takes delightful swipes at just about everything imaginable. He also has some creative solutions to the problem, a huge percentage of the worlds wealth is being controlled by something like 1% of the population. This wealth needs to be redistributed. He also wants to mete out some punishment. To that end he offers this wonderful solution:
We should use Switzerland as a dumping country. Put all ‘The Rich’ and the criminals there (murderers, rapits, bankers, other theives). Small country easy to wall off. (Maybe get Chinese to help).
This small snippet is pretty indicative of the style used throughout the book. Rick The Poet Warrior is a man on a mission!
Kill The Rich is an entertaining excursion. It is very amusing but for one thing, he is essentially right on most of the topics he selects. Few would argue that government is far larger than it needs to be. and it is still growing. Who funds this activity? The little guy.
Big Pharma also gets a mighty beating which is richly deserved. Patents placed on drugs merely create a situation where monopolistic activities thrive and accountability is almost a joke.
Another section that caught my attention because I personally find it to be one of my own hot buttons is ‘planned obsolescence’, how come everything I buy breaks within days of the warranty expiring?
My background is over 30 years in the Computer Industry and they have ‘Planned Obsolescence’ down to a fine art. It is almost criminal the way that it works. If you buy a new computer today at Wal-Mart, by the time you get it home it is a ‘discontinued line’ and by the time your warranty expires (One year) you have a door stop. If it breaks you cannot find parts because the industry has moved on to the next latest and greatest set of standards! Whatever is broken, replacement parts are not available. A more ridiculous industry I can not think of.
Oops, I think Rick The Poet Warrior is rubbing off on me. Now I am the one ranting! Kill The Rich is just that kind of book, there is something to make everyone mad.
If you are looking for a way to vent some steam try Kill The Rich, you will not be disappointed. Interestingly enough Rick is in Toronto, Canada and when the copy of the book arrived at my doorstep the package was covered in green tape explaining that it had been inspected at the border. I guess Kill The Rich caught someones attention. The real joke is that the book is published by a US publisher, so it could hardly be called a subversive import.
You can order your copy by clicking on the Amazon link. (Green customs tape is not included).
Simon Barrett
4 users commented in " Book Review: Kill The Rich by Rick The Poet Warrior "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIt is beyond me how much money some can accrue in this country guilt free. I could not imagine having so much money I wouldn’t know what to do with it. I always hear how the rich worked hard for their money (sneeze coming on Buuuchttt). America promotes a good work ethic, yes, go to your job work two weeks, get abused and take home your pittance, you will be admired. However, if that pittance goes mostly towards rents/mortgages you will often find yourself in the hole. The credit companies are like big brother just waiting in the winds for those late payments. Ahha we gothcha. Now we can raise your rates, and try to make it impossible for you to catch up. If you lose your pathetic job than we really got ya. We will slowly watch your credit be destroyed. You will now be slowly buried and if anything goes remotely wrong in your life, like a health problem, teeth problems, car repair, or even a traffic ticket you could find yourself in quicksand. Sometimes I feel like the rich, mega companies, industries are like a huge weight hoovering over us. Just don’t understand how any human being can sit back in wealth buying mansions, cars, planes,etc. And never take notice of the needs of others who are suffering in poverty, hunger and despair.
Railing about the rich is counterproductive. One can only change one’s own life, and being envious and covetous of another man’s riches will only change one’s life for the worse.
Don’t misunderstand, I am against the regular folks bailing out the big bankers et.al. That is just bank robbery. The banks are doing the robbing, and it is illegal.
But legislating that the rich fund the poor is a guaranteed path to tyranny. America has benefited for decades from governments who drove out their greatest producers. Einstein, Sikorsky, and Wernher von Braun are three that come to mind.
Will we drive out our producers by turning on these men and women because they are successful?
How great is one when they can’t see beyond their own greed? It seems like greed has taken over the world. It surfaces everywhere you look. Unfortunately, at the expense of morals, pride, principles, honesty, and ethics. TV is a major example, rewarding for bad behavior, capitalize with a reality show. Yuk. Remember when Doctors made housecalls? Now it’s like a production line. Pharmaceutical companies? Ever go to a doctors office when their sales people arrive. Like a red carpet is laid. Now millions are addicted to Rx drugs. If we don’t do anything to help the millions whose lives are being severely effected by this recession, I don’t think the rich will be rich for much longer. The pyramid will come crashing down. This mess was created by greed. IMO
NO one ‘earned’ the kind of wealth we are looking at. Maybe a few hudred thousand…who knows? The system is so hopelessly skewed (and we, the screwed). We absolutely must stop looking at these people as “successful.” They are not only theives, but they truly believe they are (get this) “entitled.” I’m getting older, and realiizing it has been this way throughout history, although I’ll allow we’ve progressed at least a little from the days of drawing and quartering. But I must confess, my bucket list has little on it but the hope that I can, some glorious day, take out a couple of those pigs. KTR
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