I wasn't arguing about the cost, but the benefit. Your suggestion was that we need to do a cost-benefit analysis, and to decide if "ending the class divide is

I wasn't arguing about the cost, but the benefit. Your suggestion was that we need to do a cost-benefit analysis, and to decide if "ending the class divide is something we should be aiming to achieve" at all. I don't think you can do a cost-benefit analysis of "freedom" for example, what would that even mean? Sure, try to get it cheaply, but the "benefit" should be clear, and invaluable. Is it "beneficial" to reduce class-inequality, as in, simply being born into a particular class gives you a huge advantage/disadvantage? Of course it depends who you ask, and what you are measuring, but I would say it is worthwhile in and of itself, and in the same category as "freedom", "justice" and so on, and that's why I asked "define benefit". Whether the proposed solution would work, or is fair, or is the best/cheapest solution etc, is an entirely different question.