Just went to an inequalities conference where Richard Wilkinson was the keynote speaker!
How do we live in such extreme forms of inequality, and not feel guilty or unsatisfied or uncomfortable?
Do we not feel uncomfortable? It is difficult to know that people stuggle, and just how they got to that point. We don’t really want to know about all the drugs, abuse and isolation that goes on in our communities- we reserve this type of lifestyle for people in gangs, bad relationships, and those who suffer from addictions- not people in our communities that we interact with on a daily basis. What constitutes interaction? We do not know how to be uncomfortable with inequalities because we do not know how to a. interpret the research around inequalities, b. the greater processes that underlie inequalities (historical).
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