A2: Citizenship

Peter Michaelson, an Ann Arbor psychotherapist, has an essay on OpEdNews.com about how most Americans are handing over power to the “filthy rich.” He writes: “Without even being aware of it, a whole lot of us concede to the filthy rich the notion that they are somehow superior to the rest of us. We do that especially when standing in their presence. ‘Look at how successful they are!’ we mutter to ourselves, as we regret all the ways it failed to happen for us. Never mind that their love of money has made their success a triumph of bad manners.” [Source]