Opening Statement of Purpose

"What is the proper mode of administering wealth after the laws upon which civilization is founded have thrown it into the hands of the few?" -Andrew Carnegie, 1889

The preceding excerpt is from Andrew Carnegie's, "Gospel of Wealth," written 126 years ago, it remains a relevant and compelling question in the minds of Americans today.  This blog will explore socioeconomic anxieties in America's historic timeline with the hope the reader may establish concrete correlations between the past and present, and American socioeconomic inequality that has emerged. 

This blog will also focus on the concept of Social Darwinism, and will propose questions that challenge political ideology and the institutions that have contributed to the conundrum Carnegie presented, institutions which reinforce the current concentration of wealth in America, just as they did over one hundred years ago.  

The primary outcome of this blog is to use logical balanced reason to educate.  Any opinion and inference by the blog administrator is based on historical evidence, and while the administrator warmly welcomes questions and commentary, the administrator retains, by divine right, the power to ignore any argument that is not based on facts and reason. 

Let the exploration of history begin.