Chapter Three - ELITISM Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 Action Steps 1. Identify a member of an elite class and ask the person how he or she would recommend that you assist those stuck in poverty. I am going to talk about my husband and myself, just because we are in lockdown. We have not really done anything to help people out of poverty, but we have helped people. We have a lady come to our house to clean a couple times a week, although we are capable of doing it ourselves, just to give her an income and social security benefits, which we pay for whether she works or not. We have given bags of 100 lbs, of rice for a year to the Leper community. We have given household things to people instead of selling these items. But we are aware that it is not enough. We could do more. 2. If you are a member of the elite class, ask yourself honestly what you have done in the last year to lift someone from poverty. No 3. Read and think about Chr
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I am reading Ben Carson's book, "Nation, What we can all do to save America's future", and after each chapter there is a list of Action Steps that we, as citizens, can do to help our nation. So I would like to post one question a day and try to write something positive about it and then actually do something. CHAPTER TWO - Political Correctness 1. Try to identify one instance of artificial outrage. Explain to one other person why this is a contrived issue and outline the way it agitates people and cultivates political support for the agitators. So lets use the example of people stating that Barack Obama was not born in the USA so he should not become president of our country. This is an artificial statement made publicly to try to incite anger about President Obama. This was picked up by the media and caused much controversies and angered many people of the opposition political party. So as the question states, it cultivated political support for the agitator.