The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

Protests are being held across the US in what organisers call the "largest-ever mobilisation of underpaid workers." Fast-food workers in 230 cities are walking off the job as part of the "Fight for $15" campaign, a push for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union.

The picture of the oppression of the common man and its resemblance to today is plain to be seen. The poverty, the lack of representation and the trampling of human rights are obvious parallels to similarities today--in a world where the poor are getting poorer and the rich richer.