Week of 11/5 Post: Downward Mobility

-The section I liked the most was the short passage about faith. It says “to seek security through control of our surroundings dehumanizes us and destroys our environment. The alternative strategy is faith, by which we abandon ourselves to God’s care. Faith allows us to let things go and share what we have.”
-The last sentence of this paragraph stands out the most. I think it is a good way to look at things, and shows why people should have faith. Faith is partially about trust, which is a necessity. I think there needs to be some control in a person’s life in order to feel secure, but a person must also be able to let some control go. I also liked this passage because presents a different view from the harshness presented in beginning of the article.
-The parts of this piece I did not appreciate were the sections talking about the social ladder, and the importance of people. The social ladder is about how some people are considered valuable, while others are not. The people who are “important” are of a certain type, and get to determine who is “unimportant” based on their need for them. If an important person does not identify with another they are normally considered unimportant.
-The idea of the social ladder is honestly just sad. I think it bothers me because it is true, but seems morally wrong. I don’t see how one person can be considered more valuable than another or why someone should be able to decide that. Everyone is important to someone, so I don’t see the need for the categories.

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