Response to Meghan

I must agree with Meghan. She says in her blog that only the upper class in the Chavin society enjoyed the benefits of their rich civilization. Only the upper class enjoyed the artwork, ceremonies, housing structures and all the other wonderful natural resources they had. It has been a repetitive theme in this class that only the upper class enjoy the good stuff. In most societies the lower class were slaves or laborers and probably enjoyed little to nothing at all. I keep waiting for some society or civilization that threw the world a curveball and let all reap in the joys and wonders of life. A civilization that did not just  treat all based on class or wealth. I have a feeling that we are not going to be learning about that though anytime soon. The world we live in today has many shades of this same mentality. The poor in many areas of the world stay poor and miss out on the luxuries of life. Yes the government tries to help the homeless and sends food and aid to struggling third world countries but it is not enough and most likely never will be. I am blessed to be on the better side of life but I feel for those that are not. I hope some society we learn about gave the poor a chance at some time. Maybe even a poor peasant who learned to write somehow and then kept a record about what lie was like back then for them also. To understand a story one must understand both sides of it.