Does the suffering, hard work and sacrifice one makes provide freedom for someone else? Does it provide good times for someone else? Does it provide necessities for someone else? Does hard work still provide avenues for success? Does hard work and sacrifice provide opportunities and freedom for the one who is experiencing them? Regarding the quote below...Does A represent the super rich and B the rich? Does D represent the poor or privileged poor? Does C represent the hard working middle class? Does C possibly represent the forgotten "working lower class"? Are the interests of the middle and lower classes entirely overlooked? Probably not in America. However, people do get concerned about trends. Here is the quote from from Professor Sumner:
"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man." William Graham Sumner
(1840-1910) American academic and professor at Yale College
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