Classes begin again…

A report out this week reveals that the class system (segregation) - apparently abolished in the 80s - is alive and functioning even more – I suspect it is to do with transfer of wealth and how this opens or shuts down opportunity. As we have always had a minority holding onto the majority of assets and money – this is not really surprising.

The crippling aspect is the despondency that comes with this – the vast amount of people who feel they will never be able to ‘make it’ – more so in the lives of those in our inner cities and outer estates.

The biblical concept of Jubilee is aimed to deter any generational poverty or excessive accumulation of wealth. It allows each generation to start again from an equal playing field – it encourages that idea that land is not ‘owned’ but ‘leased’ – for the earth is the Lord’s. Some call it a dream, others sentimentality – but it offers a hope that things can and should be different.