Are we, I wonder, entering that world that Ayn Rand described in Atlas Shrugged? Stories like this make me wonder.
I'm fortunate that I take home a good cheque. I had a good education, got many good jobs, and keep my skill set evolving. But for those condemned to staying in one profession, or staying in an average-paying one, the picture seems to get bleaker and bleaker every day.
From the purely pragmatic and self-interested standpoint, this decline in the fortunes of the middle class cannot continue if we wish to have a stable society. Forget Iraq, what damage have the failed domestic policies of the current administration done to this country and its people.
I'm all for Randian self-improvement and self-actualization but I think we must support the idea of a middle class for both aspirational and practical reasons.
Posted by artandscience at October 20, 2007 01:15 PM