<< a 4/30/98 story in the NY Times that states that
Stephen Silberstein, a UC Berkeley alum who was there during the FSM "has
given the Berkeley campus $3.5 million to honor the movement, including
building a cafe with a free speech theme." The article goes on to state
that the university will "set up a book fund in [Mario Savio's] name [$1.4
mill], archive its student protests and build the cafe." >>
This is somewhat going off on a tangent, nonetheless, the idea that the rich
ought to be doing a lot more for the rest of us might, in this totally
capitalist age, be more productive than demanding their expropriation (a quite
unpopular idea these days, it seems). Think of Ted Turner and his billion
dollar gift to the UN. Turner sent a letter to every billionaire in the world
personally and publically asking them to do likewise. Perhaps we should
pursue this. A little moral pressure may not hurt. What do you think?