The numbers speak loudly enough. But they do not capture the indignity people feel. Is the desire for respect an economic or a social aspiration? Or is it cultural? I would suggest the craving for dignity is universal. When people lose trust that society is treating them fairly, they drift into a deeper culture of mistrust. It should be little surprise that they come to view what the winners tell them with a toxic suspicion. Remind yourselves of how people reacted when the big banks were bailed out during the Great Recession. It was the taxpayer who picked up the bill. Ordinary people were
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