Disparity on Display
Disparity is everywhere.
Income inequality. Education. Racialism.
These things are separations that can cause a range of emotional reactions. There are smug members of Club "We've Got Ours". Envious onlookers who would do the same if they could. Heartbroken well-intending but ineffective outreachers. Social warriors and slacktivist.
These injustices seem to demand action.
But, alas, it seems there is no end to this problem and no viable solution.
You may have heard, “The poor you will always have with you”, but that is not a pass for inaction. Rather it should be a reminder of the severity of the situation.
The situation is dire indeed.
We, especially we here in this online community, have access to something unparalleled in history.
From the Steem White Paper:
This change in the economic equation cannot be overemphasized.
This is world changing!
And yet, that doesn’t mean it will work or that it will be widely adopted and accepted.
“It is not poverty, but discontent, that makes a man unhappy.” - Matthew Henry
Although I would like to see income more equally available to all peoples, it is not a silver bullet.
We’ve all heard, “Mo money, mo problems…”
If you are reading this in the United States of America, this article from 2012 explains: “America IS the 1%: You need just $34,000 annual income to be in the global elite... and HALF the world's richest people live in the U.S.”.
That probably means you.
At times it might not seem like it looking around in comparison to others in your area.
But on a global scale thae numbers don’t lie.
You have heard it said, “And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God”.
Brothers and sisters, my fellow steemians, I assert that we are that rich man.
And if we are unhappy because we are discontent, we are the cause.
But what are we to do?
Although, I wouldn’t say to do nothing, I would say fret and fear not.
The Lord is at work my friends.
Christ saves.
And I invite you to learn more about Jesus and to consider him thoughtfully.
Explore and search the Scriptures.
Read The Bible with an open mind.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
I've felt sad watching the jealousy that is rearing its head here on Steemit. I struggle with jealousy here as well, when I see others make 1000s on post, but I have to remember that I have more money than when I started on Steemit. I try to focus on that.
I think Steemit will allow me to help not only myself financially, but many others in my community as well.
I agree. Even though we earn on steemit, we don't have a guarantee it will earn much. I too am grateful for having more, something rather than nothing, by being here rather than other places I have shared my writing.
You are right, we are the rich…. Even if we were dead broke homeless, we would still be better off than anyone else outside of America.
I think a great start, is to talk about it. And be aware. It is too easy to be blind and not see…
It is easy to keep our nose in our digital devices and not see.
Yes, it is good to remember.
But let us not forget even though being in th U.S. and not wealthy we may comparatively have more, but there are real struggles to exist in a society where the display of disparity is so open. The poor in the U.S. might have more per day than elsewhere, but they are here and not there so they still have a challenging position.
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Thank you!