I had a revelation a short while back, namely, that I don't know a single person of any stature or fame.
Now, I know what you are going to say: we are all important, we are all special in our own way, yada yada....but how true is that?
I'm not just talking about big time celebrities or politicians. I mean, I don't know anybody, not one person, who is say, a mayor, or on the city council. I don't know any important local businessmen. I don't know anybody who has accomplished something of note in academics, or science, or art, or anything.
And I was thinking of all of the people and families I knew growing up, and all the people I've met in high school, college and beyond, and all of them, to the last person, are stable, middle class people. Hundreds of people. Yet I think of them, and I even google some people I've lost contact with, and none of them register as being unique.
Just a huge, anonymous mass of middle class workers, completely replaceable. That's all they are, that's all I'll ever be.
Now, I know what you are going to say: we are all important, we are all special in our own way, yada yada....but how true is that?
I'm not just talking about big time celebrities or politicians. I mean, I don't know anybody, not one person, who is say, a mayor, or on the city council. I don't know any important local businessmen. I don't know anybody who has accomplished something of note in academics, or science, or art, or anything.
And I was thinking of all of the people and families I knew growing up, and all the people I've met in high school, college and beyond, and all of them, to the last person, are stable, middle class people. Hundreds of people. Yet I think of them, and I even google some people I've lost contact with, and none of them register as being unique.
Just a huge, anonymous mass of middle class workers, completely replaceable. That's all they are, that's all I'll ever be.