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Class/wealth stratification is bad for everyone. The poor suffer, and if things get bad enough, emperors and their families are gunned down, [1] and the rich ar
by buttcoinslol 9y ago
Class/wealth stratification is bad for everyone. The poor suffer, and if things get bad enough, emperors and their families are gunned down, [1] and the rich are beheaded. [2] Nobody wins. Striving towards a saner wage/wealth gap will have more benefits for society than hyperbolic wealth stratification.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_the_Romanov_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_the_Romanov_famil...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
- VMG 9y agoYou're making good arguments against communism.
- buttcoinslol 9y agoThe French Revolution predates communism.
- SauciestGNU 9y agoIt's more fair to say he's making good arguments against wealth distribution so bad for the majority that they're willing to kill their masters to have a chance at improving things. If the rich were interested in self-preservation they'd treat wealth inequality as an existential issue.