Thinking About Resepct

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What if taking from the rich who have disrespected employees, their government, the law, even their families is wrong?  What if it is blatant disrespect?

I asked the opposite question at the end of my last post.  In order to be clear thinkers, even if we come to wrong conclusions, I want us to think about both sides of this question.

Side 1:  Maybe . . . wonder with me here a moment . . . maybe seeking a just outcome from the rich and powerful who abuse their wealth and power by abusing other (failing to respect others) is a way of showing respect for them?

Side 2:   What if taking from the rich who have disrespected employees, their government, the law, even their families is wrong?  What if it is blatant disrespect?

Most revolutions fail because when the revolutionaries come to power, they treat the "others" with contemptuous greed, willingly grinding them into the dust even as they protested they had been ground into the dust.  The kinds of people that rise into positions of authority and power usually are the kinds of people who show little or no respect for others.  That is as true in a democracy, in a business, in an autocracy, or in a government office as it is in a dictatorship. 

Oh, the old powers may be overthrown, but when the new authorities are cruel, unjust, etc., the revolution has failed.  Only the names have been changed. 

What do you think?  Leave a comment and let us know.