Historian Michael Ryan says democracy has a problem in culture of poverty . # ##son : Actually , we live in a dysfunctional culture of concentrated wealth . But rich people who exhibit such values have something the poor do n't : Money . He says certain antisocial attitudes and behaviors have taken root among the rich . Liu : The wealthy rigged the political and economic games to gain their gains .
Historian Michael Ryan says democracy has a problem in culture of poverty . # ##son : Actually , we live in a dysfunctional culture of concentrated wealth . He says certain antisocial attitudes and behaviors have taken root among the rich . Liu : The wealthy rigged the political and economic games to gain their gains .