A Great “Gatsby” Line from the Intro

“A sense of the fundamental decencies are parcelled out unequally at birth.”

An ironic line certainly, but which I have long taken to mean that a sense of what is decent (and right|) is not known, understood, and appreciated by some folks, perhaps too many.

Certainly missing “fundamental decencies” can lead to moral defectiveness and mutants such as the UCP types mentioned in the second-last blog entry.

And the sins and errors of a person or in one’s character can be seen when these “decencies” are absent or not present.

I have long appreciated the wisdom of Nick’s dad and Fitzgerald whenever I determine the decency and kindness in others, something which often has nothing to do with income or rank.

And there is certainly something fundamentally decent lacking in those who are liars, frauds, cheats, and those intoxicated with power.