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Originally Posted by carrie721
I think this is very astute.
The US was (supposedly) founded on the idea of equality, but people misinterpret equality of opportunity (which is what we have, however warped it may be) for equality of circumstance. They think, "hey, we're all equal, so I should have everything Joe Smith has RIGHT NOW and I shouldn't have to pay for it!" Everyone feels entitled. No one is entitled. We all have the opportunity for upward mobility, but it must be worked for, which most people are reticent to do.
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Originally Posted by phoenix
wow, that was deep, and very true.
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I know, right?
I'm glad I was able to explain it so that you could understand it, I had my doubts.
I was paraphrasing as he was talking. Of course, you guys
are hella, hella smart.
Now a show is on about how Jewish chicken farmers settled Petaluma (California).
They weren't allowed to own land in Czarist Russia or Eastern Europe, so they were stoked. Weird. It's amazing how rural Petaluma still is. Jews in America till then had traditionally been city dwellers, shop owners, in textiles...
PBS, though not as free of corporate sponsorship as one would desire, still rocks.