What do you think? Is "laissez faire" free enterprise Social Darwinist thinking, which posits that the rich are rich because they deserve it and the poor are poor because they deserve it a dead way of thinking, or are there still many people in the United States who believe this to be true? Select one: a. No one believes this anymore. People understand that wealth is usually based on being lucky at birth and inheriting money, or getting lucky in the people you meet and the place you live and go to school. b. Hell, I don't know - I just go with the flow and try not to think too much about the US now being more stratified and less socially mobile than European countries. c. Actually, many wealthy people still believe this to be true, and it helps them justify being rich while others are poor. d. I'm hungry. I think I'll skip this one and go get a snack....where's the beer and chips? I mean, where is the kale and carrots and celery....

There is a tendency among the rich that whatever they have they deserve it and those who don't possess wealth are destined to be so. Rich people never like to be poor; they do often think the poor should be like that. How can everyone be rich? If so, who will do the sundry works? More so, rich people believe they are rich because of their hard work aided with luck while the poor are poor because they don't work hard and are unlucky enough not to possess wealth. Between the rich and the poor, there emerges prejudice and jealousy; while the poor are jealous to see wealthy people and their luxury the rich carry prejudice against the poor. Who wants another lion in the den? Carrying this notion the rich nurse grudge and ill-opinion against the poor. At the same, the rich justify their fortune since it favors the brave and the poor are not brave.