Poverty...it's not sexy

[cvoogt]

39. It's not laziness

Or callous indifference even. At the very tippy-top I think the Randians are true believers and think their Darwinist attitude will lead to a 'pure' America full of creative and well-paid and well-deserving individuals. The selfish bastards running corporations think 'money now is always better than money later' which leads to short-tem economic decisions such as advocating for lowering or eliminating the minimum wage (thanks to Costco for not following that mold!).

Calvin was a dangerous radical and he unfortunately infected so much of the founding of the US. I wish the Christians in the US would follow Jesus more than Calvin, but then they'd be following a Middle Eastern radical, and we can't have that.

There are companies who see beyond income, beyond just profit. They are still few and far between but the corporate social responsibility movement is gathering steam. I hope it doesn't get hijacked by the evil corps who want to use it only to improve their own image and profits - there is a lot of that going on.

So much of this makes me think of John Lennon; "I'm sick and tired of hearing things about short-sighted narrow-minded hypocritics; all I want is the truth."