liberty without equality
Seth Sandrosky reviews Samir Amin's book, The Liberal Virus. He quotes Amin, "liberty without equality is equal to barbarism."
In America, success is equated with making lots of money. How is a homemaker to be a success by this standard? We talk about a "successful businessman", but not about a "successful teacher" or a "successful welder." One can be a successful drug dealer, but not a successful policeman. Michael Milken was a success, at least until he went to jail.
Right wing polemicists call a graduated income tax "punishing success." As if the poor in our society need more punishment. I suppose all this goes back to the Puritan Taliban, who viewed worldly success as God's approval, and worldly woes as evidence of God's disapproval, thus justifying disdain towards ones lessers. The attitude lives on, even if its roots in the culture are obscured.
In America, success is equated with making lots of money. How is a homemaker to be a success by this standard? We talk about a "successful businessman", but not about a "successful teacher" or a "successful welder." One can be a successful drug dealer, but not a successful policeman. Michael Milken was a success, at least until he went to jail.
Right wing polemicists call a graduated income tax "punishing success." As if the poor in our society need more punishment. I suppose all this goes back to the Puritan Taliban, who viewed worldly success as God's approval, and worldly woes as evidence of God's disapproval, thus justifying disdain towards ones lessers. The attitude lives on, even if its roots in the culture are obscured.
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