Thomas Piketty from the book “Equality” - “...what's so specific and so brutal with the contemporary ideology of inequality is this way of celebrating the winners and blaming the losers.” (Page 51)

Loser: A person who has failed. Today, in this country, I have failed if I do not own property; I have failed if I do not have savings and retirement and a prestige job; I have failed if I do not go along with power and wealth.

I do not own property, I have no savings, my retirement is sketch, I have a part-time entry level job, and I openly resist power and the status quo, so accordingly I am a loser and it is my fault.

Fortunately (for me and more so for those around me) I don't live by this consensus disparagement. I have become adept at minimizing the importance of condescending heartlessness and bureaucratic hurdles and I have learned to maximize the enjoyment I find in cooking, reading, writing, walking, and taking care of myself in the service of others.

For who I am, I have done okay under the circumstances.