Thread: Very Appropriate?

Remember that term from the 60's, The Establishment? It was that all powerful force that kept things running and maintained the status quo at the expense of human rights and expression. I haven't heard the term used in a long time but the concept is alive and well today. Many have stopped seeing the people who the institutions around us as people. The government, big business, the church, all have become these faceless entities that we can point to when things go wrong. We cheer to see the failure of those establishments we've demonized, forgetting that the majority of individuals involved in them have nothing to do with the policies or decision-making involved. They don't deserve to suffer. We talk about the bailouts of the financial institutions and the automotive industry. Did the few in upper management responsible for the mess deserve to suffer the consequences? Probably. Did the thousands who carried their lunches to work each day and punched in at 7:00 deserve to be unemployed? I think not.