Mainly society, if civilized, will protect it's citizens from without and within. Most people focus on the part that deals with protection from outsiders who would take advantage of our society if they could. But what is lesser noticed is the attack from within by those who have ideologies that are antithetical to what we have as a democracy in America. Power, combined with greed has infiltrated some of our mindsets in the worst possible way. Making our understanding of what democracy is into a form of capitalism that is now the scale by which we judge each other. It is the ulterior motive of many, without evidence of a natural progression, to blame inconsistencies in financial status as a shortcoming that reflects our character. Economics is a brutal game of utility for those who have and would use it against those who have not. Can you smell the rot of our society if this continues? I can, and the answer to this is to call it what it is and then work to promote justice based upon democratic principles, not capitalistic ones. Capitalism is a hollow man when it is devoid of democratic principles. Thus, the general welfare of all citizens in a society must be weighed to favor equality when the question arises. Merit and hard work account for distinctions but no one should be left behind despite favoritism being the rule and not the exception. Economics are a means for barter within a society, not the passing grade whether someone is worthy or not. Reality and existence are marvelous phenomenons and keeping them that way should be our goal, not discounting them in favor of how much one can earn/profit off another's natural right to exist.
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