Saw the DVD of the documentary “Best of Enemies” about the debates between William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal on ABCNews during the 1968 Republican and Democratic conventions. About two and a half minutes in, at a speaking engagement somewhere in the early 1960s, the first thing Bill Buckley says is, “Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. That was a very nice introduction. On the other hand, if it hadn’t been I would have smashed you in the God damn face.”
Later in the film, when Buckley loses his temper at Vidal and says, "Now listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in your God damn face and you’ll stay plastered” is the watershed line of the whole public affair.
Persia perished when one per cent of the people owned all of the land.
Egypt went down when two per cent of the people owned 97 per cent of all wealth. Babylon died when two per cent owned all of the wealth. Rome expired when 1800 men possessed all of the known world. 65% of the wealth of America is controlled by 2 per cent of the people.