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It seems to me that the top 50% of Swedes not doing as well as the top 50% of Americans is kind of the whole point. A society should be judged not based on whi
by kethinov 11y ago
It seems to me that the top 50% of Swedes not doing as well as the top 50% of Americans is kind of the whole point.
A society should be judged not based on which serves the wealthiest half the best, but how it treats its most disadvantaged.
That's not to say that capitalism hasn't done great things for us, I just think we've let it run a bit amok here in the States.
I commend billionaires for their charity, but I condemn the tax system which makes it voluntary.
- seansmccullough 11y agoThat's saying 160 million Americans are better off than 4.3 million Swedes. That is the entire point.
- kethinov 11y agoThe relative population is not the point. Sweden's lower Gini coefficient is the point. The fact that the bottom 160 million Americans are worse off than the bottom 4.3 million Swedes is the point.
- seansmccullough 11y agoThe bottom 160 million Americans live better than billionaires did 100 years ago.