If something feels off in America, that is because it is. We are a nation locked in endless arguments—over flags, bathrooms, holidays, and who gets to say what on a Tuesday. Every day brings a new cultural firestorm, but while we are busy fighting each other, the wealthiest Americans are quietly making off with everything that matters. The game is distraction, and they are winning.
Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or sit through a campaign rally and you will hear passionate debates about border walls, bathroom bills, pronouns, book bans, flag colors, school mascots, what month we should be offended in, and who is “really” American. What you will not hear about is how a small sliver of households quietly controls the majority of the country’s wealth and influence.
Let’s be clear:
- Only 1.1% of Americans are Muslim, yet entire election platforms are built around demonizing them.
- 13.9% of Americans are immigrants, but they get blamed for everything from crime to inflation.
- 19.1% are Hispanic, and yet somehow they are treated like an invading force.
- About 7.6% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, and only 0.6% to 0.8% identify as transgender—yet they are at the center of a nonstop moral panic.
- Just 10.4% of households earn over $200,000 a year, and a much smaller fraction holds the vast majority of private wealth—yet these are the people shaping tax policy, owning the media, and buying political influence.
This is not a political debate. It is a shell game. While we yell at each other over identity politics, billionaires are rewriting tax laws, corporations are buying policy wholesale, and the cost of everything quietly goes up again. They want us to think the problem is who uses which bathroom. The real problem is who owns the building—and the block—and the legislature.
Most American households earn less than $50,000 a year. Many support 2.5 to 3 people on that income. Rent alone can devour half of it. Healthcare is a roll of the dice. Groceries are a math test. Retirement is a fantasy. The idea that hard work guarantees success is as outdated as dial-up internet.
We are not suffering from too much diversity. We are suffering from too much concentration—of wealth, power, and control. The divide is not red vs. blue. It is top vs. bottom. And the top is doing everything it can to make sure we never look up.
The culture war is the distraction. It is a never-ending argument designed to keep the majority too angry, confused, or exhausted to notice the money disappearing from their paychecks and the power slipping from their hands.
We still have a choice. We can stay locked in battles over slogans and symbols. Or we can rise above the noise and demand what every working person deserves: a strong education, affordable healthcare, affordable housing, and a living wage for all. Not someday. Now. Because the real fear of the wealthy is not our outrage—it is our clarity. And we are done asking politely. We do not want more excuses. We want action.
We will not place our future in the hands of a billionaire felon who profits from division, fear, and chaos. We will not be distracted while the system rots from the top. The game is rigged—but it only keeps working if we keep playing by their rules. It is time to flip the table.
By MrYoop 