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[The Straight Story]

130. Ok....

If everyone was rich I doubt they would do any of the jobs they do now.

While trying to get to sleep some nights ago I watched one of the few shows on TV I love and hate to miss, River Monsters with Jeremy Wade.

I didn't catch the whole show (was channel surfing when I got to it) and he was in a small African (I do believe) village. And by small I mean like a handful of people lived there.

It seemed, from what I saw of the show (intermingled with a lot of history books from the 1800's I have read - travel journals and the like) that when it came to the economics of the village all were pretty much equal. People were so dependent on each other that all jobs were important to the survival of the community.

Each person was as important as the next to the survival of the whole.

In our society that ceases to be true as the numbers increase and we can produce more with less people. Wealth (the means to survive) gets concentrated into the hands of the few so the many find themselves doing what they need to in order to best survive and thrive.

Here it is not about just survival but getting more and more. We want as much as if not more than we need. And to fulfill those things we need/desire we use whatever means we have.

For some it is their looks. Others their minds. Others their physical abilities. For some their lack of fear (I won't climb a radio tower to replace a light).

We use what we have to get what we need/want and that genie is not going back into the bottle anytime soon. These women are taking advantage of something they have to get what they want.

And who doesn't do that? And you want to make their ability to do so illegal?