Everyone seems oblivious to the reality that nearly every day of your life you are forced by the obligation of mere survival and of course death which is imposed into a private dictatorship, where most of your decisions are controlled by those on the next, artificially created, hiearchical degree - the next larger hiearchical degree. It’s amazing to me when you talk to an economist and they say “well, people have a choice of where they work”. They only have a choice of where they work within a specific frame that is allowable based on their demographic of education, if you will. And of course, there’s so many friend orientations in business. Their ultimate fantasy is that anyone can be a president in the United States. This is something that has been perpetuated: Like these are groups that perpetuates and sells elitism. Elitism works in the same way in the corporate world. You are absolutely restricted. You have no freedom because you are forced to do the work as it is. And it’s amazing to me… I get this argument a lot from high-end economists. They say that “You have freedom of choice. You can choose where you work”. No, you really can’t. When you get out of college there’s this wall of jobs. You can find your slot. And that’s about it. That’s your choice. It’s a pre-set choice. So, I ask you: what freedoms are we talking about? You are only as free as your purchasing power will allow you to be. And the statistics have proven that the socio-economic rank you are born into tends to persist for the rest of your life. If you are born poor, you will likely remain poor. Why? Because all the odds are against you. If you are rich, you will likely remain rich. Why? Because all the odds are in favor.
- Peter Joseph
