> But a few guys literally built a communication tool (WhatsApp) to be used by billions of people. So maybe in the old world you could pick 2x as much corn, Bu

> But a few guys literally built a communication tool (WhatsApp) to be used by billions of people. So maybe in the old world you could pick 2x as much corn, But the problem is that anyone can build whatsapp. It's not technologically sophisticated or difficult to do. > but in today's world you can build 1 billion times the communication tools as someone else. Which depends on market access, free time ( wealth ) and most importantly - access to capital. Most people in the world don't have access to it. > 2. The whole idea of inequality, while potentially useful, kind of assumes a fixed pie. That is an argument. But it really doesn't matter if the pie grows if a small fraction of the population gets a greater share of the larger pie. > 3. Does anyone care about equality, or do people care about poverty? Would a world where 1% of people had 100 yachts but 99% of people each had 1 yacht bother you? Yes, if yachts = power. The problem in america is that money = power and more importantly, now money = speech. > Would you rather live in a poor equal country or a rich unequal country? Neither? You are offering a false dichotomy. It's the same argument posed by monarchists centuries ago. Either we have divine right monarchy or anarchy/complete chaos. How about democratic representative government? You are offering us two extremes and falsely claiming those are our only two options. It isn't. Extreme poverty and extreme economic inequality are both terrible systems.