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Does it really matter? I challenge the notion that the 1% in terms of "income" is earned through working more or harder. Rather that "earned income" is either
by eevilspock 9y ago
Does it really matter? I challenge the notion that the 1% in terms of "income" is earned through working more or harder.
Rather that "earned income" is either extracted from the work of employees who have no choice but to work for less given the supply of labor vs demand, or it is extracted from one's unearned advantages (genes, better childhood, one's skillset happening to be in short supply, etc).
While the free market may be a good mechanism for allocation of resources and labor for production, I challenge the notion that it is a good mechanism for determining what individuals deserve to keep for themselves.
- taneq 9y ago> one's unearned advantages (genes, better childhood, one's skillset happening to be in short supply, etc). So what would you consider to be "earned advantages", given that things like "work ethic" and "moral behaviour" are direct consequences of the above?
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoDo there have to be any? That may be an American myth.
- taneq 9y agoWell, if you don't have any then it becomes somewhat awkward to define any reasonable meaning for "fair".
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- eevilspock 9y agobingo.