>----------- so if the bottom 80% ends up with 'more' (even though it's a >smaller portion of the total ) , it's a worse situation ? There are mores and there are mores. Some mores actually bring with them more collective and individual vulnerabilities (to disease, abuse, hunger, humilitation, alienation). I, like you (though perhaps yours is a bit less prevalent), live in the midst of such mores. There is also, uh, stuff like justice to consider. Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]