The fortunate few and the miserable many
The design of the Chicago Spire is amazing. Calatrava's first building in the US, the Milwaukee Art Museum, is also stunning. His inventiveness is a tribute to the human spirit.
So what is bothering me about this? The troglodytes marketing the spire are selling it to "the fortunate few". For the miserable many we have grinding poverty, but it isn't enough for the rich people to enjoy their luxury. They have to build a 2000 foot middle finger to taunt the masses.
So what is bothering me about this? The troglodytes marketing the spire are selling it to "the fortunate few". For the miserable many we have grinding poverty, but it isn't enough for the rich people to enjoy their luxury. They have to build a 2000 foot middle finger to taunt the masses.
posted by Tommy Times at 6:03 PM
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Why are you using a collective we? You're obviously wealthy enough to afford a computer and Internet, so you're better off than most of the world. Why is it that it's alright for the middle class (the majority) to mostly do nothing to help poverty or the environment or help fund different programs, but the wealthy (a small percent of the population) are expected to do everything?
Also, is it the height that bothers you? What about those huge sprawling mansions? Or those small condos that go for nearly the same price?
Sorry for the rant.
How do you know I am not posting from a public library computer?
The collective 'we' refers to U. S. society as a whole.
I did overlook the possibility that the intention of the spire is the provide dense housing, conveniently located to work and recreation, allowing residents to live with a small environmental footprint.
G. William Dornhoff's document on wealth says that the wealthiest 1% own 33% of the wealth in America, while the next 19% own 51%. I am not expecting the wealthy to do everything, just to do 84% of everything, in proportion to their resources. Given that a minimal amount of resources is needed to survive, I think it is reasonable to expect the wealthy to do a little more than 84% of everything.
Of course, I doubt that the wealthy are doing 84% of the fighting in Iraq. Maybe not even 0.84%.
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