[MD] Unreality of Equality

[khaled Alkotob]

[Arlo]
> I've been through that with Platt already. Sure, there are "bums" 
> and "freeloaders", but I'd say the majority of the poor are decent, 
> hardworking folks who either (1) happened to be born into a low
socio-economic 
> strata where there was a structured push into continued poverty, or (2)
are so 
> because of shifting economic trends. A culture that is not only blind
to this, 
> but values it rich as somehow ipso facto "more valuable" is doomed.
> 
> I like your word, stewardship. It implies what I've long said here, 
> that success is as much a factor of cultural support than it is
invididual 
> ability. It takes both. Kudos.

Well said. And when the revolution comes, they will act surprised.

In the end It all boils down to the Quality of life. And if you are OK
then I am OK. They don't get it.

Utah Phillips is a great folk singer. Here is a quote from him.
"We need to respect the wage workers. They contribute more to my quality
of life than I do to theirs. . . . I want people to go out and ask their
garbage persons for an autograph!"

Khaled