In September of 2011, protester camped out in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. Their goal:- “raise awareness to the social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the perceived undue influence of corporations on government.” They called out the elites and drew mainstream attention to the unbalanced distribution of wealth between the top 1% of the population and the remaining 99%. While millions live deeply in debt, the top 1% enjoy the privilege of their elite lives. Poverty has long been linked with poorer health. As the income gap widens and health care costs rise, so does the disparity between life expectancies for the rich and poor.
Throughout history we have experienced a multitude of epidemics that should encourage universal health …show more content…
America has long been a place that claims to welcome immigrants, yet even in 2015, we have presidential candidates, gaining supporter by promising to build a giant wall around our borders and ban Muslims from entering the country. What’s even worse is that fact that citizens who are among the 99% of the population not receiving their fair share of wealth are being swayed by elite propaganda. The elite are fully aware of the collective power the people hold and over centuries they have perfected the art of dividing and conquering. They have separated us and created discord among us by singling us out bases on the color of our skin, our ancestry, even our sexual preference. They give select groups a sense of superiority, these groups turn a blind eye to enslavement, conquest, colonialism and genocide perpetuated at the hands of those in power. They support the creation of laws that do not benefit them and fight against laws that …show more content…
Like Lang, many citizens who support the elite come to find out, the elite do not care about them in their time of need. Despite us all being susceptible to disease in the same way, the super elite do not care about the health of the masses until it directly affects them. AIDS was first looked at as a disease of the immoral. There was no speedy action to combat the disease when it only affected sex workers, gays, drug users and other minorities. Pisani talks of having to “convince rich countries to stump up cash for AIDS”, by sending out reports which showed a high increase in AIDS/HIV activity and turning HIV most vulnerable victims into innocent women and babies. It took Ryan White becoming a victim from a blood transfusion to change America’s perception of the virus. If Ryan, a white child who could not and did not engage in immoral activity, could contract the disease, anyone could. The elites realized no one was safe and programs to support AIDS/HIV went into
Throughout history we have experienced a multitude of epidemics that should encourage universal health …show more content…
America has long been a place that claims to welcome immigrants, yet even in 2015, we have presidential candidates, gaining supporter by promising to build a giant wall around our borders and ban Muslims from entering the country. What’s even worse is that fact that citizens who are among the 99% of the population not receiving their fair share of wealth are being swayed by elite propaganda. The elite are fully aware of the collective power the people hold and over centuries they have perfected the art of dividing and conquering. They have separated us and created discord among us by singling us out bases on the color of our skin, our ancestry, even our sexual preference. They give select groups a sense of superiority, these groups turn a blind eye to enslavement, conquest, colonialism and genocide perpetuated at the hands of those in power. They support the creation of laws that do not benefit them and fight against laws that …show more content…
Like Lang, many citizens who support the elite come to find out, the elite do not care about them in their time of need. Despite us all being susceptible to disease in the same way, the super elite do not care about the health of the masses until it directly affects them. AIDS was first looked at as a disease of the immoral. There was no speedy action to combat the disease when it only affected sex workers, gays, drug users and other minorities. Pisani talks of having to “convince rich countries to stump up cash for AIDS”, by sending out reports which showed a high increase in AIDS/HIV activity and turning HIV most vulnerable victims into innocent women and babies. It took Ryan White becoming a victim from a blood transfusion to change America’s perception of the virus. If Ryan, a white child who could not and did not engage in immoral activity, could contract the disease, anyone could. The elites realized no one was safe and programs to support AIDS/HIV went into