This is a problem that requires thinking on bigger scales that the respect we show people doing this kind of work (whether that's cultural respect or $$$$). This is a diagnostic sign of killing public goods, of killing social democracy, of killing any sense that we have responsibilities to one another but also that we all benefit from a society that looks after everyone. Every single moment we say "but these people are getting something I'm not; I have needs too" is one of those diagnostic signs. It's like seeing red lines coming from a wound, a sign of sepsis. We cannot address this kind of failure one system at a time, one profession at a time, one unmet need at a time. The only way we can address it is by restoring a sense that we are building a rich society that cares for everybody, by refuting the idea that we are poor and services are scarce, by saying "this is not a society built to make a few people so wealthy they scarcely know what to do with it, it's for everyone". Every attempt to make justice that starts smaller just pits one need against another, one site of failure against another site of failure, and asks each group to demonstrate that they're bleeding out more and faster than the other one. No matter who wins, we all lose in the end.
“ The only way we can address it is by restoring a sense that we are building a rich society that cares for everybody, by refuting the idea that we are poor and services are scarce, by saying "this is not a society built to make a few people so wealthy they scarcely know what to do with it, it's for everyone".“
This is a problem that requires thinking on bigger scales that the respect we show people doing this kind of work (whether that's cultural respect or $$$$). This is a diagnostic sign of killing public goods, of killing social democracy, of killing any sense that we have responsibilities to one another but also that we all benefit from a society that looks after everyone. Every single moment we say "but these people are getting something I'm not; I have needs too" is one of those diagnostic signs. It's like seeing red lines coming from a wound, a sign of sepsis. We cannot address this kind of failure one system at a time, one profession at a time, one unmet need at a time. The only way we can address it is by restoring a sense that we are building a rich society that cares for everybody, by refuting the idea that we are poor and services are scarce, by saying "this is not a society built to make a few people so wealthy they scarcely know what to do with it, it's for everyone". Every attempt to make justice that starts smaller just pits one need against another, one site of failure against another site of failure, and asks each group to demonstrate that they're bleeding out more and faster than the other one. No matter who wins, we all lose in the end.
“ The only way we can address it is by restoring a sense that we are building a rich society that cares for everybody, by refuting the idea that we are poor and services are scarce, by saying "this is not a society built to make a few people so wealthy they scarcely know what to do with it, it's for everyone".“
Amen!