Ah, someone points out the disconnect between belief and action. So many friends and acquaintances I knew in California supported this or that policy because the theory was good, or it synced with their moral compass, but if it came down to anything more than a vote, or climbing the moral high horse before espousing an opinion over a glass of wine, it would ring hollow. Similar to this article, there was a mentality of 'here' vs. 'there' which I think we all share. It's how we compartmentalize and make our lives easier. The problem is other schools, not this school, the problem is about other people, not my people, the war isn't here, it's there. Despite the great the exposure we all receive to the problems of far distant and removed neighbors, seldom do we seem to act on the problems in our immediate vicinity. If we throw money at a charity, or a government entitlement program, ego and sense of guilt from success is assuaged, but shit, but does anything really get done, does anything change for the better? I don't have any complete solutions and I am guilty of this mentality as well, but I am a firm believer of there being a different better way to resolving this socio-economic issue, though as I stated earlier, belief doesn't seem to be enough.