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Nothing will ever work to bridge the wealth gap. The best we can possibly achieve is equal pay for equal work.
by Dagwoodie 10y ago
Nothing will ever work to bridge the wealth gap. The best we can possibly achieve is equal pay for equal work.
- throw2016 10y agoI think the gap however large is never a problem. It's if the influence of that concentration is allowed to subvert systems to self interest as extreme concentration of wealth tends to do then it becomes a destructive cycle for everyone else. It doesn't matter if Bill gates or Queen Elizabeth has billions as long as everyone else is not bad off. If everyone starts a 100m race and someone wins its fair, but this is a race where the privileged have advantages in too many ways from the time they are born and the unprivileged disadvantaged in too many ways and equality in opportunity in the context becomes nearly impossible beyond posturing and tokenism.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoI'm fine with a wide wealth gap if (a) the bottom is bounded and (b) one's position on the spectrum depends more on individual merits than family lineage.
- antisthenes 10y agoSure it will. Forced reverse wealth transfer.
- pitaj 10y agoThen all the wealthy people will leave.