Yep, the spell checker gave me a word and I wasn't paying much attention. Personally I'd worry more about people who have power rather than wealth. Power could be measured by how much influence you have. The Top management at Enron couldn't get the US government to save their company, (and keep the house of cards that it was from being revealed), in spite of their personal wealth. In a Feudal society if you have power and position, you can always steal wealth, or pretty much anything else you want. However that's not the real point. Anytime you give "experts" more say over your life than you have they'll do whats good for them for your own good.
SJ wrote: > On 12/28/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I shudder to think that my friend's children will be surfs because we >> listened to those who "knew better", and destroyed a technical >> civilization that allowed everyone to be free in favor of one where 9 >> out of 10 worked to soil to support 1 out of 10 in luxury. >> > > hi, > > let me see if i get this straight: are you saying that in a 'technical > civilisation', as opposed to a feudal one, wealth is more evenly > distributed? > > i have problems with that. see this: > > http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html > > <quote> > In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively > few hands. As of 2001, the top 1% of households (the upper class) > owned 33.4% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the > managerial, professional, and small business stratum) had 51%, which > means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 84%, leaving only > 16% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers). In > terms of financial wealth, the top 1% of households had an even > greater share: 39.7%. > </quote> > > and i am sure you meant 'serfs'....not 'surfs' > > regards, subash > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
