The First Commandment

A decalogue, if you are unaware comrade, is a series or list of imperatives. There are ten commandments in the Christian Bible. That is the first decalogue.

Here, however, I have my own set of commandments by which I live. Over the course of time, I will share those commandments with you, starting with the first.

All Animals Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others.

In the modern world, there is a class system. There is no doubt about this. There is the easy class system to see: The Rich and The Poor. The Rich will always be rich and will continue to become more so everyday. The Poor, on the other hand, will become poorer as I finish writing these words.

This is life.

However, there are other ways that we see this class system at large. The informed and the ignorant, the willing and the lazy, and the givers and the takers.

And yet, everyone always wants what the other has. It is human nature to desire power, wealth, and recognition. The Rich may have large houses, multiple cars, and fancy toys, but this does not mean that they are happy. They look for more in both directions. Those who have more money than them make them feel lesser, while those with less money can be (and in many ways are) happier to have fewer burdens.

The Poor, however, stare up at The Rich and wish for that fame, money, and power.

The problems start when The Poor do not realize how they are being used by The Rich. Politicians are a perfect example of this. Photo ops, for instance.

The rich politician makes time in the so-called "Ghetto" to show how he or she is of the people.

I see this in education as well, comrades. Those in non-advanced classes (usually called regular) are treated differently. These children even come to believe that because it is a "regular" class, that the minimum effort is more than enough. The advanced children, then, are the haves in this situation. These children know they are in a class beyond their peers, and so they believe they are entitled...not unlike the Rich.

Unfortunate as this struggle might be to watch, it is necessary to life. Without this struggle, what would man have to strive for at the end of the day? The Poor are desperate to have what the Rich own, but the Rich are desperate to have the serenity and simplicity of the Poor. It is a symbiotic relationship.

Remember, comrades, that no matter what anyone tells you, life will not always be fair. It can't be, because there are six billion people in the world. If we all lived in that Utopia, life would be boring.

Here endeth the lesson.