Who are the 1%?
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talkpoliticsSotheby's is the 1%.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2011/contemporary-art-evening-sale-n08791#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08791.html+r.m=/en/ecat.list.N08791.html/0/60/estlh/asc/
The cheapest painting sold for slightly over 420,000 USD
A single painting. The CHEAPEST painting. nearly 10 years of labor for the 50th percentile of american income earners (50% is 44K/year, sourced to wiki)
We know what we are protesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYduewUsX3o&feature=related
Neil Cuvato at Fox, our trustworthy friend, can always be trusted to shill for the rich.
The most expensive painting was sold for over 60,000,000 USD (or over 100 years of labor for the 50th percentile)
EDIT: I assume people know why there was a protest at Sotheby's. If people don't: Sotheby's is union-busting.
They want all the money from their massive art sales for themselves. They don't want to share their vast sums of money with their workers. Labor is a key part of the 99%. Sotheby's is part of the 1%.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2011/contemporary-art-evening-sale-n08791#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08791.html+r.m=/en/ecat.list.N08791.html/0/60/estlh/asc/
The cheapest painting sold for slightly over 420,000 USD
A single painting. The CHEAPEST painting. nearly 10 years of labor for the 50th percentile of american income earners (50% is 44K/year, sourced to wiki)
We know what we are protesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYduewUsX3o&feature=related
Neil Cuvato at Fox, our trustworthy friend, can always be trusted to shill for the rich.
The most expensive painting was sold for over 60,000,000 USD (or over 100 years of labor for the 50th percentile)
EDIT: I assume people know why there was a protest at Sotheby's. If people don't: Sotheby's is union-busting.
They want all the money from their massive art sales for themselves. They don't want to share their vast sums of money with their workers. Labor is a key part of the 99%. Sotheby's is part of the 1%.
