Raise the Hammer

Real estate magnate Sterling's net worth (~$1.9b) is roughly 360 times the average salary of an LA Clippers player (~$5.3m), which is roughly 112 times the average Californian's income ($47,401 in 2013).

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Not that I completely disagree with the writers thoughts, however the writer has missed how msm presents issues.

The Austrian psychologist, Eric Fromm, once argued that all people should receive the same wages, regardless of job class. As for jobs, the only important ones, according to students at most secondary schools in Hamilton, are the ones that make you rich. Few and far between are the students who seriously pursue the arts; two years ago, at the new Henderson High, zero students qualified for a local church's scholarship as there were no senior students pursuing music. Our social ideas about the importance of money are affecting our children and our relationships with one another.

Comment edited by Joshua on 2014-05-01 23:48:57

Joshua, is it our thoughts really or the thoughts of sociopaths who run and lead policy?

It is pretty apparent how things are shaped just looking at our local university where the business school sits. Are they really receiving a higher level education or is it just job training?

Does having a bunch of letters behind your name more meaningful to the opposite of those who give back in time to community service and earn say an honorary degree?

Should we be discussing opposites such as arrogance vs sincerity?

"...while hardly anyone questions whether the money they make is morally defensible or bears any relation to their contribution to society."

Ted, couldn't people raise the same question about the money you make?

Who decides what is "morally defensible"?

Sterling is wealthy because he is a businessman who took tremendous risks and provided a good or service that people chose to purchase of their own free will. For every Sterling there are thousands who lose their shirts in business.

You need to stop being envious of other people's wealth.

So the Capitalist weighs in, not that this person has anything positive to say. The writer does work in the medical field, which does save lives opposed to the what the capitalist does for a living.

I will say that many who work in the medical profession are part of the priviledged class, they have no clue about many they come into contact with.

My own doctor is oblivious to my concerns of the workld we live in, thus I view my doctor as a non entity, as that is what my doctor deems me as, a non entity.

There is a disconnect, really with those oin the medical world. How can someone try to talk to me about stress, yet there is no dialogue about the government that has caused so much stress? Are those who work in the medical profession with their letters and such behind thier names oblivious to what they adovcate for???

While inequality is a very important issue and point to make, I don't think racism is nearly as "conquered" as the reader thinks. In fact none of the issues are near any great gain. We may have made strides but they all seem to fade and return.

I think though we should be looking at the whole with all these issues and work together instead of trying to fight for which is most important.

I think it will take a major shift of huge proportions to truly stamp out any to any large degree. And we all need to work together to get it done.

One other thing I will say about economic inequality, that will last as long as we live in a money based system. What is the alternative? A practical alternative? I am sure they are out there, I am still learning and do not claim to have all the answers. I would like to hear more on that rather than simply defining economic inequality as the larger problem.

"America has for the most part conquered racism."
Are you kidding me? Ted Mitchell, which planet are you living on?
In America, racism and inequality are intertwined.
Racism is alive and well in America.
The majority of poor people are black.
The majority of people who are incarcerated or on death row are black.
The majority of people with no health care are black.
It may not be fashionable anymore to publicly preach racism, but you can be assured it is still widely and insidiously practiced!

What about Mark Boyle, the Moneyless Man? What about the Industrial Workers of the World?

I suppose what's upsetting is what's being done with the wealth. It's being squirreled away, off-shore somewhere, or it's being manipulated by an accountant to dodge taxes, or it's being held up without re-investment in some savings account, accruing interest of one kind or another. Even if it is given philanthropically, that's done so that taxes are lowered by way of charitable donations or to increase the goodness of a brand, so that more sales result. The fundamental issues, whether we need the Los Angeles Clippers, whether sports ownership of any kind is necessary, whether this is something for which money should be exchanged in any case, remain unaddressed.