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> When most of us progressive types speak out against "economic inequality", we are not saying we want everybody to have equal wealth. Someone made the choice
by golemotron 9y ago
> When most of us progressive types speak out against "economic inequality", we are not saying we want everybody to have equal wealth.
Someone made the choice to use the term "inequality" and it was remarkably clever because it has a builtin foil. When people object, proponents can say "well of course we don't mean no inequality at all." This is what weaponized rhetoric looks like.