Wouldn't we all agree that if history has taught us anything, it's that when a very few aggregate most of the wealth, and opportunity is provided unequally, the world that is eventually created is either totalitarian as the wealthy pay soldiers to protect them, or anarchy as the population eventually rolls out the guillotines?
Wouldn't we agree that when the products of society are more efficiently shared, instead of aggregated, that the overall civilization we live in is improved? When more are educated, more educated conversations ensue. More value is had by all.
What has lead to abusive communist and socialist regimes? The prior abuses of monarchic or despotic laissez faire capitalist societies. The reactionary revolutions of the past are avoidable in the refusal to allow the excesses of the past.
Economic justice is the simple idea that it should be possible to afford a basic living - to eat and have shelter- by working any full time job.
A better world results when we don't go bankrupt and our families don't become impoverished when we get sick.
When higher education is an opportunity not ruled out by income, we create a ladder for everyone.
When education is truly a level playing field, our country is stronger from the aggregation of prepared minds capable of collaborating on a brighter future.
It really isn't that hard. And I guarantee that at a fundamental level, most of us agree that these are essentially the right things to focus on. We are so used to being spun that the reality in front of our eyes has lost shape and clarity. It's really not that complicated. We move forward as a species when we expand the knowledge and abilities of more human minds. The more of us we raise up, the more humanity rises.
Ubuntu. We are nothing without each other.
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