Wednesday's Word: Zeitgeist

So, my mom has a theory that the "man" is hoping to keep the poor down by insisting low-wage earners remain in low-wage jobs. The big-shots call the shots, offering low-pay incentives, while media mouths from so-called financial backgrounds instruct viewers to move from job to job.

Unemployment is extremely low, as we all may well know. Who exactly, I wonder, is the Atlas, who holds up the Earth? Is it the wealthy, who engineer to job force, or is it the bottom feeders, who provide the labor, industry, and hunger for trivial commercial items?

Are we being lead, through some historical ideology, to maintain our pride for work, despite the failing value of the dollar?

Zeitgeist is a word that defines a sort of historical trend, or way of being of a society. It's a mental state, or the "spirit of the culture."

Look it up on WikiPedia. It's explained much better there.