Religion of Exploitation

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the wealthist nation on earth, in terms of sheer national gross wealth. Simultaneously, and ironically, it is a very poor nation, with tens of millions of people in poverty, a super wealthy elite class, and a continuously shrinking middle class. The structure is remindful of a third world country, but with somewhat larger numbers.

In america the poor aer encouraged to hate themselves, almost as if it is a crime to be poor, in a nation which produces the poor as inexorably as a flood produces leftover mud. Americans mock the poor, and venerate the wealthy as idols. Other cultures create folk lore from the poor, the virtuous, admirable, honest poor; americans scorn the poor as failures.

If you are poor in america, you must either be stupid or lazy; exploitation, bigotry, and institutional poverty created by high living costs and low wages is never mentioned. So incessantly berated and brainwahsed are the poor with this hogwash that they themselves see themselves as inferior, and the wealthy as a superior class of being.

Among the insidious misconceptions perpetuated in america is that it is easy to make money and get ahead, if only one works hard and makes good decisions. Hardly anyone acknowledges the simple truth that it is usually very hard to make money in america, or even ascentd to the middle class.  most categories of work simply do not pay well enough, in a country where the minimun wage law is a tragic anachronistic joke.

By blaming the poor exclusivley for their own plight, the wealthy evade responsibility for giving them meaningful help, and instead praise themsleves for their token, tax deductible assistance. And thus the poor are trained to blame themselves only, and to respect the corrupt system of limited privilege and institutionalized inequality which is the real root of their plight.

Throughout history nations have attired their lowest soldiers in splendid, dignity enhancing uniforms, to lure them into service and to motivate them. In the american military, the poor among the lowest ranks are dressed in drab business like suits, or plain looking work clothes which appear to be hand me downs from officers who have moved on to better things.

And in america, the poor are taught to hate each other, rather than unite for a sinlge cause of mutual advancement. Any mutual love among the poor in america might lead to that most horrible of all possibilities; the emergence of a truly potent united labor force, on a level playing with with their elite wealthy masters.

In a society which truly believes that all men are created equal exploitation is mitigated and discouraged, but in america, exploitation of all things is a religion, and we americans certainly love our religion of exploitation.