QUOTE(KLthinker91 @ May 8 2019, 08:56 PM)
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.
Lemme elaborate a bit more then.
If an unethical doctor tells his patients to stop taking medicines but instead go for highly controversial alternwtive treatment, that would be a big cause of death for a big number of people wont they? How bout unethical architects who design unsafe structures, which could lead to hundreds of deaths? There's also engineers who fail to admit their flawed designs which could again lead to potential deaths by the hundreds. So bear that in mind when you think goodhearted people have no impact on the society as a whole.
Of course the poor can perform, but you taking that sentence literally seems kinda stupid. Am I just talking about the poor in the present? Or do you suppose it would mean poor people in general, past, present and future? Its just silly that you actually assume that. Fuck me. So your examples of respectable professions are proven and have proven their worth whereas my example of the poor hasn't? Seems kinda convenient to just say our labors and those majority working in B40 range are worthless. Just get off your high horse and learn to respect people.