Labor day (#948)

What does this day mean today? It has been taking a hit for millions of Americans for several decades now and if anything this day means that we need to focus on stopping the assault by the wealthy and powerful in degrading what it is to labor. We live on this planet in a system that makes it possible for us to get along with each other, otherwise our own security would be in constant threat. Therefore we "employ" an economic theory that allows us all to engage in "working" to fulfill our lives at a degree that we ourselves are motivated to attain. This has worked for us Americans for many decades. Until recently that is. There are forces in our country that now deem it their responsibility to define whether we can attain our dreams or not. They have decided that only a few selected members of American society have the liberty of all opportunities to success. Those forces, who currently have success, wish to keep many others from also enjoying success. Why is that? It is best described by it's appearance, an illogical philosophy of prejudice and inflated ego. There is also a devaluation of the human species to selected ones based upon economic criteria. Labor, as we know it, is now back to being only for those less than desirable humans of menial worth. The past progress of elevating work as a whole as being noble has, by these powerful forces, been relegated now to being of low esteem and worthy of condescension. The pride one held in holding a middle class job and raising a family to aspire toward the upper middle class has all but disappeared. Our wealthy and powerful have now mostly eliminated the middle working class as a policy to create a vast chasm of income inequality that has our American country near the charted bottom of all civilized nations. Labor has a duty to the American middle/working/poor class to fight and reverse this offensive assault on the dignity labor has historically brought to millions of aspiring citzens.