For example, the rich can buy caviar and Champagne, but the Triple-R Rich can buy entire presidential campaigns."
'via Blog this'
Even a lowly blog such as this has more power than money. This is because the word is essentially the most powerful thing there is. In the beginning was the word. This is why someone who uses words has a responsibility no less than that of a person who performs direct actions. If you also concede that we are our values - if that is the actual reality, the truth - then the revolutionary potential of words is given an anchor within each living being. The rich would like to live with no real knowledge of the rest of the world. Or to disparage it. But the sadness of wealth is precisely that its "owners" are no different than anyone else. They are their values. They must live with the consequences of their words and deeds. These thoughts lead inexorably t9o the need for a spiritual regimen that cleans the slate daily. Universal forgiveness in exchange for being forgiven and freed to proceed. This is why I have a reference to the Lord's Prayer on every page of this blog. It is universal. It is widely ignored though right in front of us.
Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes
