Dr. Martin Luther King was perhaps the greatest civil rights leader of all time. One thing that set him apart was his focus on economic inequality. This concept is deeply ingrained in current western economic dogma.
“The trouble is that we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level…That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we’re going to have to change the system.”
The unconditional support of government and industry is enshrined in money’s ability to quash all comers. Witness the ability of the GOP to literally attempt re-defining reality in the third U.S. Presidential impeachment. Fairness equates to people’s ability to compete. History has shown capitalistic success to often equate with people’s ability to quash fair competition.
Don’t let the robber-barons convince you to be a bigot on their behalf.