Imbalance Also Breeds Fairness
Hardly anyone with normal passions can avoid the experience as an enthusiast, waiting in line all night for a mere access to the dazzling image of you favorite film star or occupying TV for hours just to enjoy a bare glance at your admired sports hero who have become an inevitable part of your life. Hence, uncontrollable cheers and hails and yearnings and anticipations stimulate your excessive willingness to sink your pocket money into constituting a special, high income social class STARS. Their graceful images attract world wide attention, their substantial life style with luxurious BMWs and sparkling diamonds earns millions of souls' admiration, and also, their modes of existence like this have been challenged by increasing arguments; whether it is fair for them to obtain such a high income? As for me, I firmly support that such imbalance in income is justified from both social and economic perspectives.
On the social standpoint, many factors lend credence to my view.
It is fair, first, because most stars win their popularity by their unique skills and gifts. Those with only innate features may arouse an instant stir but will be wipeout in the harsh competition very soon. Short lifed they are. Only the ones, however,with rich acting techniques and practical experiences to prove their personal value can survive and endure a long time. Audiences are never a foolish mass, but smart enough. Tom Hanks and Jacky Cheng are such cases that left eternal luster and glory in the film history. Liao Changyong, a village boy from poverty stricken area, who finally won wide acknowledgement through painstaking effort and consistent commitment in musical society,can also serve as a persuasive example.
Equally, it is fair, secondly, because stars cater to the public spiritual needs. It is stars who interpret human virtues and imperfections in their particular ways, that reflect an intense human desire, deep in mind, for beauty, elegance and strength,that bound us together into excitements, concerns, loyalties or shocks, pitfalls, confusions. Why shouldn't those who comfort our souls and lead our mentality get more rewards? At anytime and in anywhere, are we eager for heroes. Vigorous, decent and strong-minded, that is our hero and that's the way they came to us. Anyway, it will be a sad sky without stars!
Thirdly, the high income stars earned is,due to its legal and reasonable way of obtaining. No stealing, no robber——if it is the case but from the willing public fans and investors, then,why should we disturb the normal social stability by breaking such a supply demand chain?
On the other hand, we may get a fresh view from economic perspective. It is true that such professions as teachers or doctors with years of specific training find themselves in a relatively low income class. The phenomenon appears unfair. However,since it is human nature to pursue the greatest benefits, why don't they quit the jobs and join the stars'rank? For one thing,the lack of potential qualities may deny ordinary people's opportunities to be stars. For another, in my opinion, they are just unwilling to take the challenge. To be a star, one has to suffer agreat deal of pressure, face keen competition it entails, and even sacrifice his or her privacy or security which often put a star in dilemma. Sometimes life could be the price paid for their cause.Zhang Guorong was such a case in point. A stable but less-profitable job or rather a challenging, risky but highly paid job,which will you choose? In terms of economy, it's an opportunity cost and either alternative up to the individual is justified and reasonable.
Admittedly, care should be taken to ensure that professions with specific skills are given their due income, for too sharp imbalance will inevitably give rise to social disorder.
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