[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> First, I think its important to point out that "wealth" is not the 
> only thing by which I measure Quality. Certainly, wealth has 
> generated much in the West, a power and a control that dwarfs other 
> systems. But it is important not to become mesmerized by the bling 
> and look at the dark side as well. We are moving towards a new 
> capistrocracy (if not already there), and the idea that wealth 
> determines a persons value to society (or otherwise) is just evidence 
> of this. By saying that who live and who dies be left to economic 
> market forces, you have intrinsically tied the value of human life to 
> the economic wealth that person can generate. In addition to the 
> naturally subsequent disdain for those who do not generate wealth, 
> you set up the artificial aristocratic attitude that raises 
> wealth-producers to superior people.

I wonder, Arlo. Do you consider some people better than others?

Thanks.

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