need vs. greed

Economic inequality is the singular most debilitating scourge creating the majority of social ills in our world. Consider the reduction if not eradication of a plethora of preventable diseases, a reduction of mass immigration, families engaged in self-reliance in their homeland, their culture…a veritable paradigm shift. Imagine!

“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” – Plutarch

“He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich–both come to poverty.”—Proverbs 22:16

“The superior person understands rightness; the inferior person understands profit.”— Confucius

fifty cents for your soul

American iconic culture bedecks some of the most unexpected places. Fluorescent Warhol-esque windowpanes of Marilyn almost obscenely clash with the sedate, enduring wrought iron balcony on a quiet back street in Piemonte, Italy. And I wonder, how the phantom popularity of today reconciles with the foundations of civilizations which, unless presented in 3D or High Def or Blue Ray, may wither in comparison to the staged fanfare.