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It is a system that results in rich and poor, where rich are holding stakes and incentivized to maintain and grow their status and the poor are insignificant to
by hzhou321 8y ago
It is a system that results in rich and poor, where rich are holding stakes and incentivized to maintain and grow their status and the poor are insignificant to do anything. Then there is the vast middle class who don't see the poor but only aspires for the rich. Such system exploits human nature and has proven to be quite stable -- isn't that any society's goal after all?
It takes compassion and faith in truth, in sufficiently large doses, to challenge such systems.
- stcredzero 8y agoWhere in history has there been a system that didn't either 1) Result in rich and poor or 2) Result in oppression by force? Egalitarianism doesn't scale past around 450 people without the introduction of some form of hierarchy. It takes compassion and faith in truth, in sufficiently large doses, to challenge such systems. Principles can be used to challenge such systems from within. The overall history of the United States is a good example of this. Also, the history of the past several years is a testament to what happens when principles are forgotten in favor of feelings.