Adriana Rosales

The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie Adriana Rosales

This literary critique of Andrew Carnegie wealth gospel comes at a time when revisiting the past and present unite. We live in a time when abundance is real, and the future looks better than most believe. Today in 2018 people on the planet are wealthier than ever. Still the wealth belongs to a few elites 129 years later. Not for long. The future Carnegie fought for is here and today more than ever the possibility for world peace and transfer of wealth is imminent. Contrary to popular belief the world is getting better, and the average person can accumulate wealth faster than ever. What was once believed to be impossible is now happening and is common space. Mr. Carnegie was a pioneer in spreading his wealth for the benefit of humanity. His massive donations to public libraries can be considered the equivalent of the internet to the lay person in the early 1900'. We are better as a species because of one man's relentless hope for peace on earth and being but a wealth trustee to the poor. Mr. Carnegie understood his wealth was no accumulated alone but by the hands and hard labor of the poor that dedicated their lives to building the greatest nation known to man. "The man who dies rich dies a disgrace""A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never-failing spring in the desert."