by _refugee_

In the American democracy to be servile is incompatible with citizenship. Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy. The custom announces to the world…that we do not believe practically that "all men are created equal."

Is anyone else picking up on how rich in irony this 100 year-old quote-within-the-article is? "To be servile is incompatible with citizenship"; so instead they had slaves and second class non-citizens. In the same breath the author states "all men are created equal."

It sounds like "all men are created equal as too good to do the dirty jobs" to me, frankly.

This is partially for you thenewgreen as i know we discussed tipping recently.