Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:

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37. "Privilege" is the curse of mankind.

"Privilege" asserts that one is entitled to abuse others based on some, or skin color, or religion, or title or standing, even when that is earned. It is never acceptable to treat another as unequal, less a dignified human, nor unfairly ... my three guiding principles of just behavior ... equality, dignity of all beings and fairness.

And while it is always just to hold people accountable for their mistreatment of others, the coincidence of this with the unfolding Epstein story seems a bit more than "coincidence". It is always wrong to mistreat others, but "a crime only when caught", in street parlance.

There's an interesting "two sides" to this. Much as the magats are into "whatabout"... making one outlying example seem like it applies to all their targets, if they seize upon this as the abuse "only by libs" then they can't continue to deny the abuses of 'The Epstein Class"

Most societies, west and east, have a hierarchy, and mostly a very formal one, that makes it too tempting to cross the line into the land of "I'm smarter, better, more charismatic, closer to God and so on .. "

What's lacking most in this world is humility.

In a world of arrogance, where it's actually wired into the system, as we compete for jobs and position, arrogance is seen as a virtue, when it's exactly the opposite.

Paraphrasing Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist leader whose followers have no priests, no temples, a kind of Blue Jean Buddhism, (1)

“Top leaders should think of themselves as the servants of the people they lead. The higher your leadership position, the more critical this is.

Matter of fact, a leader must self-examine to avoid straying from the role as servant/mentor to others and one's self.(2)

It's only by means of critique that we can ensure that the means to the development of the individual remains a means and doesn't harden into an end in itself.

(1) https://daisakuikedalegacy.org/wordpress/quotes-top-leaders-are-servants/

(2) https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/texts/read?num=146&p=1