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| The Face of Millions of Americans: Homeless & Hungry |
I just haven't gotten around to reading it till now. One does not have to agree with the Biblical outrage in the piece, nor its pro-Israel bent* to be appalled by the facts here presented. In North Korea 5 million people face "food shortages." In this, the richest country that's ever been in history, the number of similarly situated people is 45 million. Why is no one, why isn't everyone just completely scandalized by this?
But no, we just go about our business, getting and spending. Out of sight is out of our mind. This goes for everything harmful, from pollution to the graft, lies, and corruption that grease the wheels of our "democratic" government at every level to the killing being done in our name in Afghanistan . . . and of course, the millions of poor people in their miserable tent cities all over the country.
*I have to observe that these sentiments are decidedly not those of my sister. As far as I know, and I know her pretty well, she doesn't embrace the virulently pro-Jewish partisanship of this website.
2 comments:
have you noticed that when any politicians, democrat or republican, talk about the economy and how it hurts all americans, only go as far as the 'middle class'? they used to at least mention the poor. now the poorest you get is middle class but threatened with poverty--as though the already-poor didn't exist or, more likely, didn't matter.
Even though they are far more numerous than ever, you are right, they've become more invisible than ever. We just don't want to be reminded of our callousness and cruelty. That might lead us to raise basic questions about the true nature of capitalism. It's a born killer.
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