Definition By Occupation

Society, as I think it is per our nature, has hierarchies based on marketability. Whether you know it or not, everything is predicated on marketability and what can sell, or rather, what can be made off of something else. And with that, comes people who can only see someone else's marketable traits, for more than just business. For instance, say you were walking one day and you've been walking for awhile and you were tired, so you sat under a bridge or something, just resting and a homeless man wandered over to you. Would you talk to him? Barring him maybe being dangerous because of the mental instability of these folks, but let's say that he is recently homeless because of the economy or something and hasn't had a chance to reach out to his family or there was something up. My main point is, he isn't crazy, nor is he dumb. In fact, he is your type of person. And he lives around you... in fact, anywhere around you, haha. But joking aside, would you associate with him? You get along with him great, he is funny and can give you intelligent conversations. Now, everyone who isn't a stuck up snob (there is one of you out there and you know who you are), would say you would talk to him, but that's bullshit. I can't say what I would do, or if anything, the mere fact that I would think this up would mean I probably would be more inclined to befriend this downtrodden fellow, but saying without proving is the easiest thing in the world. Most people wouldn't because he has no title, he has no marketability, or at the very least, he has no easy opportunities. And that's how people think. People say "Yeah, my name is Bob, and I'm a senior accountant" they use it to present their authority, whatever it is. And, if you have status, you look down on anyone who doesn't have status, regardless of whether you are conscious of it or not.

I realized this this year that not everyone is the same. We aren't all given the proper opportunity and some of us don't even have marketable skills or, if we did, we never knew about them, so they never manifested. To someone crazy successful without having a successful, it's just a quirky set of circumstances that led them to that point. "Well, why don't you just work hard and you'll get good opportunities?" It's because it doesn't work like that. We just can't be held to the same standard because our situations are different. But I'm not trying to quibble about financial circumstances, my main point is, you shouldn't judge people on marketable merits, especially for personal reasons. In having a good time and interesting conversations, everyone is equal opportunity there.