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Okay, being poor can be horrifying. But I don't see what's horrifying about the fact that some people have more wealth than others.
by snikeris 8y ago
Okay, being poor can be horrifying. But I don't see what's horrifying about the fact that some people have more wealth than others.
- petersellers 8y agoThe fact that inequality exists is not the problem, it's the severity of the inequality that is the problem. Take an extreme example - out of a population of 1000 people you have 1 person owning 99% of the wealth, with the other 1% distributed to the other 999. Does that seem like an efficient, properly operating economy to you? Obviously there is some balancing needs to happen, the trick is figuring out where the fulcrum should sit for the most efficiency.
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- beiller 8y agoInequality is great really. It incentivizes people to give extra effort for a reward. But gone too far, the efficiency of humanity will drop. There needs to be (and there probably is) shifts in wealth to keep things moving. Let's get those moon bases going.