tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049126281770043680.post5045077367319325354..comments2023-11-03T04:07:40.609-07:00Comments on About Ideas, Innovation, TED Talks, Books, Documentaries, and Travel: How Should Wealth Should be Distributed (Part Three}Lib Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773365001042258827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049126281770043680.post-2998695453570453672013-03-30T17:24:46.720-07:002013-03-30T17:24:46.720-07:00"Economic interests shape the political views..."Economic interests shape the political views of groups and classes. Neither reason nor moral considerations override these interests. Individuals may be converted, they may surrender their special privileges, although this is rare enough, but classes and groups do not do so. The attempt to convert a governing and privileged class into forsaking power and giving up its unjust privileges has therefore always so far failed, and there seems to be no reason whatever to hold that it will succeed in the future."<br />-Jawaharlal Nehru, 1935<br /><br />The American Dream may have lower chances of coming true now, but the "dream" part of it continues on. Witness the support for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber" rel="nofollow">Joe the Plumber</a> who didn't want extra income tax imposed on those making over $250,000 since he hoped to become one of those people in future. In a democracy, only a force like this can generate the popular support required to maintain the "rule of the rich".Rohan Jayasekerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860878275544900390noreply@blogger.com