Overproduction in military equipment goes to the police?

[auroraglacialis]

That pyramid does not seem to be right to me, at least if it is menat that the top depends on the bottom. It has things like "employment" and "property" in it as sort of a prerequisite to friendship and creativity. Some of the most creative and most friendly people I know are unemployed and poor. Actually being poor and unemployed means that one has to maintain freindships and be creative if one wants to keep going.

[Clarke]

It's a hierarchy of needs, not skills. Getting and retaining a job is usually a higher priority over being creative, or seeking out new friends.

[Aquaplant]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

That pyramid does not seem to be right to me, at least if it is menat that the top depends on the bottom. It has things like "employment" and "property" in it as sort of a prerequisite to friendship and creativity. Some of the most creative and most friendly people I know are unemployed and poor.

I think it refers to the fact how you are made to feel as unemployed individual in a society that values productivity and all that jazz. Not to mention money is at least in some amounts a necessity when it comes to doing anything in these days, because everything costs money. You can't be an artist if you can't afford to buy the necessary supplies to do art for example.

Actually being poor and unemployed means that one has to maintain freindships and be creative if one wants to keep going.

This is true, but I think the pyramid is more about the individual than the community in general.