Thanks Keith, I agree with your article however it made me think of this from My Fair Lady:
REH The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his job and never shirk. The Lord gave man an arm of iron-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, Someone else'll do the blinkin' work! With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck you'll never work! The Lord above made liquor for temptation, To see if man could turn away from sin. The Lord above made liquor for temptation-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, When temptation comes you'll give right in! With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck you'll give right in. Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow; But with a little bit of luck You'll run amuck! The gentle sex was made for man to marry, To share his nest and see his food is cooked. The gentle sex was made for man to marry-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, You can have it all and not get hooked. With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck you won't get hooked. With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of bloomin' luck! The Lord above made man to help is neighbor, No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam. The Lord above made man to help his neighbor-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, When he comes around you won't be home! With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck, You won't be home. They're always throwin' goodness at you; But with a little bit of luck A man can duck! Oh, it's a crime for man to go philandrin And fill his wife's poor heart with grief and doubt. Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, You can see the bloodhound don't find out! With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck she won't find out! With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of bloomin' luck! He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket. The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet. He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket-but With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck, He'll be movin' up to easy street. With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of luck, He's movin' up. With a little bit...with a little bit... With a little bit of bloomin luck! Then there's the "Artful Dodger" from Oliver: REH [DODGER (spoken)] So, Oliver Twist, you're coming with me. [OLIVER (spoken)] Are you sure Mr. Fagin won't mind? [DODGER (spoken)] Mind?! Consider yourself at home Consider yourself one of the family We've taken to you so strong It's clear we're going to get along Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture There isn't a lot to spare Who cares?..What ever we've goin we share! If it should chance to be We should see Some harder days Empty larder days Why grouse? Always a-chance we'll meet Somebody To foot the bill Then the drinks are on the house! Consider yourself our mate We do't want to have no fuss, For after some consideration, we can state Consider yourself One of us! Consider yourself... [OLIVER] At home? [DODGER] Consider yourself... [OLIVER] One of the family [CAPTAIN] We've taken to you [OLIVER] So strong [HAND WALKER] It's clear...we're... [ALL] Going to get along [DODGER] Consider yourself... [CHARLIE BATES] Well in! [DODGER] Consider yourself... [SNAKE] Part of the furniture [OLIVER] There isn't a lot to spare [ALL] Who cares? Whatever we got we share [DODGER] Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity-- There a cup-o'-tea for all Only it's wise to be handy with a rolling pin When the landlord omes to call! [DODGER] Consider yourself Our mate. We don't want to have no fuss [ALL] For after some consideration we can sate [OLIVER] Consider yourself [DODGER] Yes! [ALL] One of us! [COMPANY] Consider yourself at home... We've taken to you so strong. Consider yourself well in... There isn't a lot to spare If it should chance to be We should see Some harder days Empty larder days -- Why grouse? Always a chance we'll meet Somebody To foot the bill -- Then the drinks are on the house! Consider yourself our mate. We don't want to have no fuss For after some consideration, we can state... Consider yourself... One of us! [DODGER] Consider yourself [ALL] At home. [DODGER] We've taken to you [ALL] So strong [DODGER] Consider yourself [ALL] Well in. There isn't a lot to spare. Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity. There's a cup-o'-tea for all Only it's wise to be handy wit a rolling pin Wen the landlord comes to call Consider yourself our mate We don't want to have no fuss For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself One of us... For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself... One of us! If it should chance to be We should see some harder days, Empty larder days, Why grouse? Always a chance we'll meet Somebody to foot the bill. Then the drinks are on the house. Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family. We've taken to you so strong. It's clear we're going to get along. Consider yourself well in. Consider yourself part of the furniture. There isn't a lot to spare. Who cares? Whatever we've got we share. If it should chance to be We should see some harder days, Empty larder days, Why grouse? Always a chance we'll meet Somebody to foot the bill. Then the drinks are on the house. Consider yourself our mate. We don't want to have no fuss For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself... One of us!! REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:49 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION; michael gurstein Subject: Re: [Futurework] Reproducing Social Inequality The Guardian's leader writer is surely being perverse (or confused) in taking issue with Nick Clegg's explanation of having had a lucky opportunity in life. Nick Clegg* was simply saying that he was lucky to be born into a banker's family and thus received a privileged education from his earliest years. He's in complete agreement with Pierre Bourdieu's ideas. (*For those who may not know, I'll mention that Nick Clegg is the leader of the Lib-Dems and is the Deputy Prime Minister in the Coalition Government. If anything, Clegg came from a much wealthier family than Cameron.) As it happens, I'm also very largely in agreement with Pierre Bourdieu. His book, Distinction, has got to be one of the best sociological works of the last century. His views are an almost direct extrapolation of Karl Marx's main thesis (that the main technology of an economy broadly shapes the class structure) albeit with the interlacing of much more anthropology than was available to Marx. For anybody interested in reading more of Bourdieu, Distinction may prove to be too abstract to read comfortably. Instead, I'd recommend David Swartz's account, Culture and Power. For an even more succinct summary of Bourdieu's ideas I'll copy a paragraph of the latter book: <<<< Culture provides the very grounds for human communication and interaction; it is also a source of domination. The arts, science, religion, indeed all symbolic systems -- including language itself -- not only shape our understanding of reality and form the basis for human communication, they also help establish and maintain social hierarchies. >>>> Pierre Bourdieu died in 2002. This was just a little bit too soon for him to have found his ideas of social hierarchy amply confirmed with the rapidly expanding fields of epigenetics -- in this case, that rank ordering in groups (reflected in individual hormonal levels) can also be influenced by inheritance, thus having a predispositional effect from birth before the other factors he writes about come into play. Keith At 05:32 25/05/2012, Mike wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/24/in-praise-of-pierre-bour dieu In praise of Pierre Bourdieu His analysis of the role of education in the reproduction of social inequality challenges Nick Clegg's belief that he was 'lucky' in life guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 May 2012 22.05 BST Pierre Bourdieu's analysis of the role of education in the reproduction of social inequality challenges Nick Clegg's belief that he was "lucky" in life. Luck, says the French sociologist, has nothing to do with it. Just 10 years after his death, Mr Bourdieu's work is already a classic to rank alongside Foucault or Lacan. The recent publication of his courses at the Collège de France has put his name back into the headlines. In contrast to those who trumpet self-determination, Mr Bourdieu focuses on the forces which shape an individual. If Mr Clegg really wants to "factor social mobility into the education system", he must recognise that the difference between success and failure is not luck but the ways in which social inequalities repeat themselves. The role of government is to break this vicious circle not to reinforce it. The drastic shrinking of the state is hardly the way to remedy what Mr Clegg called an absolute scandal. ______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com <http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/>
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