I agree, the wealth tax has little chance of passing as does monetary reform but MR is a battle we must pursue if we are to turn this rig around. The fatal blind-spot that most people on the left, center and right have when it comes to money and banking, is that they all assume that banks lend savers' deposits to borrowers, when in fact this never happens, and so the banks not only lend the money, they create the money, and thus make the whole political economy entirely dependent on them - they have "the upper hand" over everyone else; industrialists, unionists, media, and politicians. It's a hidden hand because of the general ignorance of the basic fact that banks create money when they make loans (and destroy it when loans are repaid) - thus, the entire money supply is rented from the banks; they're the ultimate rentiers (not landlords, not industrialists). The landlords and industrialists are all in debt to the banks too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POXDQWpJD1I