*Disclaimer*
I did NOT write this, it was on the Scroogle homepage. I tried to link it, but as you may know, with each access to Scroogle, their "notes of the
day" change. However, I thought it an interesting read, nonetheless... ETA: Please Note: I changed the word "rich" to "elite" because I thought
it "fit" the theme better. Enjoy, or not...
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Let's be honest: you'll never win the lottery.
On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you'll slave away at some miserable job the rest of your life. That's because you were in all
likelihood born into the wrong social class. Let's face it — you're a member of the working caste. Sorry!
As a result, you don't have the education, upbringing, connections, manners, appearance, and good taste to ever become one of us. In fact, you'd
probably need a book the size of the yellow pages to list all the unfair advantages we have over you. That's why we're so relieved to know that you
still continue to believe all those silly fairy tales about "justice" and "equal opportunity" in America.
Of course, in a hierarchical social system like ours, there's never been much room at the top to begin with. Besides, it's already occupied by us
— and we like it up here so much that we intend to keep it that way. But at least there's usually someone lower in the social hierarchy you can
feel superior to and kick in the teeth once in a while. Even a lowly dishwasher can easily find some poor slob further down in the pecking order to
sneer and spit at. So be thankful for migrant workers, prostitutes, and homeless street people.
Always remember that if everyone like you were economically secure and socially privileged like us, there would be no one left to fill all those
boring, dangerous, low-paid jobs in our economy. And no one to fight our wars for us, or blindly follow orders in our totalitarian corporate
institutions. And certainly no one to meekly go to their grave without having lived a full and creative life. So please, keep up the good work!
You also probably don't have the same greedy, compulsive drive to possess wealth, power, and prestige that we have. And even though you may sincerely
want to change the way you live, you're also afraid of the very change you desire, thus keeping you and others like you in a nervous state of limbo.
So you go through life mechanically playing your assigned social role, terrified what others would think should you ever dare to "break out of the
mold."
Naturally, we try to play you off against each other whenever it suits our purposes: high-waged workers against low-waged, unionized against
non-unionized, Black against White, male against female, American workers against Japanese against Mexican against.... We continually push your wages
down by invoking "foreign competition," "the law of supply and demand," "national security," or "the bloated federal deficit." We throw you on
the unemployed scrap heap if you step out of line or jeopardize our profits. And to give you an occasional break from the monotony of our daily
economic blackmail, we allow you to participate in our stage-managed electoral shell games, better known to you ordinary folks as "elections."
Happily, you haven't a clue as to what's really happening — instead, you blame "Aliens," "Tree-hugging Environmentalists," "Niggers,"
"Jews," Welfare Queens," and countless others for your troubled situation.
We're also very pleased that many of you still embrace the "work ethic," even though most jobs in our economy degrade the environment, undermine
your physical and emotional health, and basically suck your one and only life right out of you. We obviously don't know much about work, but we're
sure glad you do!
Of course, life could be different. Society could be intelligently organized to meet the real needs of the general population. You and others like you
could collectively fight to free yourselves from our domination. But you don't know that. In fact, you can't even imagine that another way of life
is possible. And that's probably the greatest, most significant achievement of our system — robbing you of your imagination, your creativity, your
ability to think and act for yourself.
So we'd truly like to thank you from the bottom of our heartless hearts. Your loyal sacrifice makes possible our corrupt luxury; your work makes our
system work. Thanks so much for "knowing your place" — without even knowing it!
[edit on 29-12-2009 by LadySkadi]