Let's be honest: you'll never win the 
		lottery.
		
		On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you'll slave away at 
		some miserable job the rest of your life. That's because you were in all 
		likelihood born into the wrong social class. 
		 
		
		Let's face it - you're a member of the 
		working caste. Sorry!
		
		As a result, you don't have the education, upbringing, connections, 
		manners, appearance, and good taste to ever become one of us. In fact, 
		you'd probably need a book the size of the yellow pages to list all the 
		unfair advantages we have over you. 
		 
		
		That's why we're so relieved to know that 
		you still continue to believe all those silly fairy tales about 
		"justice" and "equal opportunity" in America.
		
		Of course, in a hierarchical social system like ours, there's never been 
		much room at the top to begin with. 
		 
		
		Besides, it's already occupied by us - and 
		we like it up here so much that we intend to keep it that way. But at 
		least there's usually someone lower in the social hierarchy you can feel 
		superior to and kick in the teeth once in a while. 
		 
		
		Even a lowly dishwasher can easily find some 
		poor slob further down in the pecking order to sneer and spit at. So be 
		thankful for migrant workers, prostitutes, and homeless street people.
		
		Always remember that if everyone like you were economically secure and 
		socially privileged like us, there would be no one left to fill all 
		those boring, dangerous, low-paid jobs in our economy. And no one to 
		fight our wars for us, or blindly follow orders in our totalitarian 
		corporate institutions. And certainly no one to meekly go to their grave 
		without having lived a full and creative life. So please, keep up the 
		good work!
		
		You also probably don't have the same greedy, compulsive drive to 
		possess wealth, power, and prestige that we have. And even though you 
		may sincerely want to change the way you live, you're also afraid of the 
		very change you desire, thus keeping you and others like you in a 
		nervous state of limbo. 
		 
		
		So you go through life mechanically playing 
		your assigned social role, terrified what others would think should you 
		ever dare to "break out of the mold."
		
		Naturally, we try to play you off against each other whenever it suits 
		our purposes: high-waged workers against low-waged, unionized against 
		non-unionized, Black against White, male against female, American 
		workers against Japanese against Mexican against... We continually push 
		your wages down by invoking "foreign competition," "the law of supply 
		and demand," "national security," or "the bloated federal deficit."
		
		 
		
		We throw you on the unemployed scrap heap if 
		you step out of line or jeopardize our profits. And to give you an 
		occasional break from the monotony of our daily economic blackmail, we 
		allow you to participate in our stage-managed electoral shell games, 
		better known to you ordinary folks as "elections." 
		 
		
		Happily, you haven't a clue as to what's 
		really happening - instead, you blame "Aliens," "Tree-hugging 
		Environmentalists," "Niggers," "Jews," Welfare Queens," and countless 
		others for your troubled situation.
		
		We're also very pleased that many of you still embrace the "work ethic," 
		even though most jobs in our economy degrade the environment, undermine 
		your physical and emotional health, and basically suck your one and only 
		life right out of you. 
		 
		
		We obviously don't know much about work, but 
		we're sure glad you do!
		
		Of course, life could be different. Society could be intelligently 
		organized to meet the real needs of the general population. You and 
		others like you could collectively fight to free yourselves from our 
		domination. 
		 
		
		But you don't know that. In fact, you can't 
		even imagine that another way of life is possible. And that's probably 
		the greatest, most significant achievement of our system - robbing you 
		of your imagination, your creativity, your ability to think and act for 
		yourself.
		
		So we'd truly like to thank you from the bottom of our heartless hearts. 
		Your loyal sacrifice makes possible our corrupt luxury; your work makes 
		our system work. 
		 
		
		Thanks so much for "knowing your place" - 
		without even knowing it! 
		 
		
		The Global Elite