I love this commentary and agree with it. But then ....
I live in an upper middle-class neighborhood, in a home built in 1975 (by Las Vegas standards, that's almost ancient!). Across the street is a very pleasant couple, a casino shift boss (important and well paid but not upper class) and a nurse. They have nice cars and take vacations. …
I love this commentary and agree with it. But then ....
I live in an upper middle-class neighborhood, in a home built in 1975 (by Las Vegas standards, that's almost ancient!). Across the street is a very pleasant couple, a casino shift boss (important and well paid but not upper class) and a nurse. They have nice cars and take vacations. They had up a sign for the republican ticket. They aren't hurting financially. He's white and she's Asian (a group you don't find republicans mocking that much, interestingly enough). So now I have to ask myself, why are they bigots? Can we get their votes? If so, how much do we have to change? It's one thing to be a French general and refuse to see that something works or doesn't work in wartime. This is something else, and I do not know the answer.
Money doesn't equate to anything other than making a part of life a bit easier. It doesn't improve thinking. It doesn't improve empathy for our fellow humans, it doesn't change racism or misogyny, it's just money.
I have been rich and I have struggled. Neither affected how I view the world or my place in it.
I love this commentary and agree with it. But then ....
I live in an upper middle-class neighborhood, in a home built in 1975 (by Las Vegas standards, that's almost ancient!). Across the street is a very pleasant couple, a casino shift boss (important and well paid but not upper class) and a nurse. They have nice cars and take vacations. They had up a sign for the republican ticket. They aren't hurting financially. He's white and she's Asian (a group you don't find republicans mocking that much, interestingly enough). So now I have to ask myself, why are they bigots? Can we get their votes? If so, how much do we have to change? It's one thing to be a French general and refuse to see that something works or doesn't work in wartime. This is something else, and I do not know the answer.
Money doesn't equate to anything other than making a part of life a bit easier. It doesn't improve thinking. It doesn't improve empathy for our fellow humans, it doesn't change racism or misogyny, it's just money.
I have been rich and I have struggled. Neither affected how I view the world or my place in it.