"Unfair" is a purely social concept, having no abstract (i.e., _real_) existence. That makes the commentary below pretty vacuous. Does one have to die of starvation or exposure to be "fair"? And in responding to that, remember that "enough" is an empty concept in capitalist society. What is "enough" (food, heat, medical care) at 1pm may be totally inadequate by 5pm. Hence to survive everyone has to endlessly strive for "more."
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:25 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: [Pen-l] Chris Rock interviewed Rock never struck me as any kind of radical (unlike another star black comedian Dave Chappelle who does strike me as somewhat radical..), but he is extremely self-aware and perceptive in matters of race. This interview is a very good read throughout. I especially loved this part: "Who actually wants to be called an owner, even if you owned a football team? Just the title owner is just so nasty and disgusting." http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/chris-rock-frank-rich-in-conversation.html ----------------------snip Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, just came out as gay. Which I think is actually bigger than the football player. Because the average person in that locker room is in his 20s. And it’s just not a big deal to be around a gay guy — if you’re in your 20s. Whereas Tim Cook is around these corporate guys. That is the epitome of a boys’ club. That is sexist, racist — the least inclusive group of people you’re ever going to find. Men who have no problem being called owners. Who actually wants to be called an owner, even if you owned a football team? Just the title owner is just so nasty and disgusting. [...] There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people. It’s about white people adjusting to a new reality? Owning their actions. Not even their actions. The actions of your dad. Yeah, it’s unfair that you can get judged by something you didn’t do, but it’s also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn’t work for. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
