but this comes from years of studying this, doing research, doing interviews. i can hardly expect people who live in bubbles to get it.
At 12:02 PM 9/30/2005, joanna wrote:
>Culture Lab wrote:
>
>>>Why turn the spotlight on to those people?
>Because they run the world and because, in their case, the disproportion
>is clearly obvious. A case might be made for someone being twice a smart
>as someone else or twice as hard working. But when the factor becomes
>1,000,000, it's clearly hogwash.
>
>>>How about anyone earning an income in, say, the top 40%. You know the
>>>sales reps at SUN, the programmers, the tech writers, etc. The day
>>>leftists can turn the spotlight on the fact that they didn't do anything
>>>special to put them in their income bracket other than to be born into
>>>the right family, at the right time, in the right place is the day we
>>>make progress. Turning to a poor person and telling them to stop blaming
>>>themselves for their station in life is only half the equation. Social
>>>structure effects the winners as well as the also-rans.
>My basic position on remuneration is that an hour of my time is worth an
>hour of your time. Period. This might lead to some inequities, but these
>pale in comparison to what's going on right now. I have no quarrel with
>anything you say above: Where you end up has a lot to do with where you start.
>
>I asked you not to blame yourself because when you blame yourself you're
>making a parallel claim to control. You're saying "I could have done
>something to affect the outcome. But in your case, I don't think that's
>true. You were dealing with crooks and cowards, that's all. The only
>solution is to get away from them once you're discovered their real nature.
>
>Joanna
>
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