[I am back working through my prison journal. It is out of order. The date in the title is the date it was written.Well, the order is as I have opened boxes. I hope this is not confusing. What you are reading is what you get for your tax dollars. sch 4/26/2025]
More from John Dewey - do you recognize yourself in this, as I do? Do you see Donald Trump and our billionaire class?
...Sentimentally, it may seem harsh to say that the greatest evil of the present regime is not found in poverty and in the suffering which it entails, but in the fact that so many persons have callings which make no appeal to them, which are pursued simply for the money reward that accrues. For such callings constantly provoke one to aversion, ill will, and a desire to slight and evade. Neither men's hearts nor their minds are in their work. On the other hand, those who are not only much better off in worldly goods, but who are in excessive, if not monopolistic, control of the activities of the many are shut off from equality and generality of social intercourse. They are stimulated to pursuits of indulgence and display; they try to make up for the distance which separates them from others by the impression of force and superior possession and enjoyment which they can make upon others.
Democracy and Education (1916; The Free Press/MacMillan Company, 1966): Chapter Twenty-three: Vocational Aspects of Education, p. 317
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[4-26-2025: And things look even more true now: How Donald Trump Revealed Jeff Bezos’ True Self (POLITICO); A chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk embodied DOGE’s approach to federal cuts (CNN Politics); Trump ignites ‘insider trading’ accusations after global tariffs U-turn (The Guardian); Trump and His Billionaires Are Giving the Rich a Bad Name (The Bulwark), and Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem? (Harvard Kennedy School)
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