QUOTE(funnyTONE @ May 8 2019, 08:42 PM)
Sickens me to the bone with that kind of mentality and superior judgement on people values.
Any human is no lesser than an engineer or a doctor.How much harm can a poor person do when compared to a corrupt businessman, an evil tyrant, an unethical doctor? In peaceful times, you rate success and values on
titles and rank, when you're being oh so forgetful of the times when soldiers and hard labours help carry and protect the nation. The poor can do deeds just as important as the rest you're just too ignorant to see anything beyond
social status.Why does your mind jump to these words?
Social status - who's talking about social status here? Nobody.
Titles and rank - who's talking about title and rank here? Nobody.
"Any human is no lesser than..." - this is a sweet and well-meaning notion, but impractical in terms of work.
The hard truth is that an engineer and a doctor contributes more to society than a labourer. This is because their work can benefit many hundreds of people whereas a labourer can only benefit a small number - barely even just himself.
For example, Malaysia has a doctor to general population ratio of 1:600. If 1 doctor stops work, 600 people go without medical care.
You say "the poor
can do deeds just as important as the rest". I emphasise the "CAN". Yes they CAN do it. But until they DO do it, they are functionally useless.
In fact you yourself instinctively understand this, when you say "How much harm can a poor person do when compared to a corrupt businessman, an evil tyrant, an unethical doctor". You recognise that some people have more effect on society than others.