The poor will never rise above their station
Your words are truer than you may realize. I wrote an essay a few years ago. Here's an excerpt:
In 1807, for example, the British MP Davies Giddy advocated for continued illiteracy of the poor. To educate this class of people, Giddy admonished Parliament, would teach them “to despise their lot in life”. With access to books and troubling ideas the poor might no longer be “contented servants”. They might even, heaven forbid, become “insolent to their superiors.”
I have read similar statements from Americans. If everyone goes to college, who will drive the taxis? Wait on tables? Essentially, who will serve us?
I appreciate your comments, @justclickindiva. And I want to thank you for that great cloud. Picture wouldn't have been the same without it.
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You're welcome. OMG...so this is where the first Americans that Britain sent to the U.S. learned this from.. The actions are exactly how they treated the African Americans they received in the Atlanta Slave trade. Laws in the U.S. were then created. The plantation owners vowed to scatter, not educate, not allow the family unit to exist, and never allow them to form any type of group opposed to their station in life.
Of course, in conjunction, they also had at their service I believe a German scientist validating them as the superior race.
Yes, if all citizen believe they are of value in this life and meant for something better, who will serve the one who also believe they are entitled?
I also heard a U.S acclaimed historian say that a certain group is fearful other races will eventually outnumber them. And, they won't forget the mistreatment they were served.
I truly don't feel the world will ever function in a manner equitable to all.
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