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RE: A Statistical Error (people vs numbers)
A thoughtful essay on complex issues. I agree with your points. Yes, it’s good to know that the twenty communities near ours are prospering – but that doesn’t answer the reason why our community is being left behind. That may be the primary dichotomy fueling our divisive politics today.
True, generalisation for effect of maintaining an apathy of sorts. Because the majority are happy the minority are left wanting..
Problem is, the majority are NOT happy. A minority is imposing a manipulated worldview and their agenda of exclusion on the majority. Yes, there is also a minority suffering even more from that agenda of exclusion – but, ultimately and in the long-run, the majority are also seeing that we too are marginalized by an agenda that only serves the corporate wealth engine. Part of how the corporate and wealth classes do this is by manipulating too many of us into thinking equity for all means they are being targeted and forced to lose something personally.
In many ways it's because the minority tend to shout louder, it's often that the small must make more noise in order to seem big. That's why it's so important that when the chance comes to sound our majority voice we must not fear to use it; as that agenda driven minority certainly aren't afraid to.
I agree wholeheartedly!
Hey, you might be interested in my writer-activism blog on Medium. Same username.
I'll check it out.