The Differences Between the Haves and the Have-nots

There comes a point when the Have-nots have not had for so long that they reach a turning point. Then the Precariat is born.

The beheading of the royalty and the aristocrats during the French Revolution was the outcome of extreme inequality. Remember, winter is coming. Public Domain.

We often speak carelessly about the Haves and the Have-nots, but have we ever seriously defined the differences between these two groups? I think not. I certainly have never read anything like that, so I thought I would take a stab at it.

The Haves

The Haves have a tertiary education that increases their status on the pecking order. Within that tertiary education, there are wheels within wheels, levels that climb to the ultimate — a Ph.D.

The Haves have their own house, or they are able to afford a lovely brownstone rental in the middle of Manhattan. Sometimes, they have a home in the suburbs that provides everything they need, so whether it’s an expensive mansion or a middle-class habitat, essentially, the Haves have shelter.

The Haves are mobile in marvellously new cars — even electric ones. They can afford the non-gas that runs these climate-changing monstrosities, and they take pride in knowing that their cars don’t spew CO2 directly from exhaust pipes into the air. They are not sufficiently educated, though, to know just how much their…