At 21:17 15/08/2012, Arthur wrote:
2. That we have not solved the distribution problem.
Agreeed . . . but . . . Because we have differentials in wealth and
incomes thrown at us repeatedly in the media, we are much more
sensitive about this matter than ever before in history. The wealth
disparity between the very rich and ordinary folk today is far less
than, say 100 years ago when Carnegie owned most of the steel
industry of the US, Rockefeller most of the oil industry of the US,
and Ellerman half of the shipping industry of the whole world. Go
back 200 or 300 years then the great landowners of Europe were
relatively richer still. One family in Poland owned half the
countryside of Poland!
Wealth only becomes more widely distributed when new power groups
muscle their way into the top layers of society and government and
force existing wealth to be shared. The latest group to do so in
Western countries has been the investment bankers. There are signs
that their power is now being challenged. At the present time it's
impossible to say what might be the next power group. Suffice it to
say that a much fairer distribution of wealth will not be
accomplished until the bulk of a country's children have as good a
nursery experience and education as the best quality private
establishment which, at present, produce the wealth making groups.
Keith
Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com
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