How Bad is the Ignorance Problem in the United States?

To have “class” means different things to different people. Some think it
means having money. Others think it means being able to identify and procure
expensive, hard to attain things. Another lot think it means appreciating
obscure types of art or music.

The key to the word’s meaning, however, always hinges on the concept of
refinement or advancement. It means you lack it (class) until you mature
into a certain understanding of the world. And with that in focus I’ve come
upon my own definition of the word.

The true sign of class is caring personally about the suffering of the poor,
uneducated, and misfortunate.

Many people know a lot about wine, cars, or maybe have an extensive art
collection about which they could speak for hours. But if a man is able to
turn his head in apathetic disregard—or even disgust—when looking upon a
starving person on the street, he has revealed his true and repugnant
nature.

For me it’s easy to tell who has class: it’s the people who genuinely care
about the suffering of the less fortunate.

It is this view of class that we need to become contageous. And not just in
the signaling sense—as with so many in Hollywood—but in the true sense of
seeing us all as one people on one planet.