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I think your understanding of the concept of ownership and market forces is tenuous. This statement is basically proof that you really don't understand where I

I think your understanding of the concept of ownership and market forces is tenuous. This statement is basically proof that you really don't understand where I'm coming from. (Which is exacerbated by your quaint and highly inaccurate ideas about urban geography.) Property rights are indeed fundamental. Resisting market forces is as wise as resisting the tide -- do it at your peril, or if you have considerable resources and know what you're doing. (So usually, no!) That said, market forces don't dictate morality, laws of physics, and fundamentals of human psychology. There are other things out there to be concerned about. An overly narrow focus on the market and what money entitles you to may well cause you to miss important implications. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/martin-shkrelis-legacy-shaping-the-drug-pricing-debate.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/martin-shkrelis-legacy-shapi... Society has to work together as a whole. All the different segments of society have to be accorded a certain level of dignity. Otherwise, one endangers the civility and mutual trust necessary for economic transactions to happen reliably. Dividing society too much according to wealth, generational, and demographic lines creates more opportunities for groupthink and division. There is a point where "separate but equal" loses its luster, after all.

jelliclesfarm 8y ago
I think society is fine. What is at peril is freedom to admit to be upwardly mobile. There is a desire to cut down those wanting to fly high. The ‘Tall Poppy’ syndrome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome [..]The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. The term has been used in cultures of the English-speaking world.[..] [..]The concept originates from accounts in Herodotus' Histories (Book 5, 92f), Aristotle's Politics (1284a), and Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book I. [Periander] had sent a herald to Thrasybulus and inquired in what way he would best and most safely govern his city. Thrasybulus led the man who had come from Periander outside the town, and entered into a sown field. As he walked through the wheat, continually asking why the messenger had come to him from Cypselus, he kept cutting off all the tallest ears of wheat which he could see, and throwing them away, until he had destroyed the best and richest part of the crop. Then, after passing through the place and speaking no word of counsel, he sent the herald away. When the herald returned to Cypselus, Periander desired to hear what counsel he brought, but the man said that Thrasybulus had given him none. The herald added that it was a strange man to whom he had been sent, a madman and a destroyer of his own possessions, telling Periander what he had seen Thrasybulus do. Periander, however, understood what had been done, and perceived that Thrasybulus had counselled him to slay those of his townsmen who were outstanding in influence or ability; with that he began to deal with his citizens in an evil manner. — Herodotus, The Histories, Book 5, 92-f[..]
- stcredzero 8y ago
  What is at peril is freedom to admit to be upwardly mobile. No disagreement there either. The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. Don't merely rail against your haters, when there are ways of converting them into your allies. Does blame only flow in one direction here?

jelliclesfarm 8y ago

I think society is fine. What is at peril is freedom to admit to be upwardly mobile. There is a desire to cut down those wanting to fly high. The ‘Tall Poppy’ syndrome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome [..]The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. The term has been used in cultures of the English-speaking world.[..] [..]The concept originates from accounts in Herodotus' Histories (Book 5, 92f), Aristotle's Politics (1284a), and Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book I. [Periander] had sent a herald to Thrasybulus and inquired in what way he would best and most safely govern his city. Thrasybulus led the man who had come from Periander outside the town, and entered into a sown field. As he walked through the wheat, continually asking why the messenger had come to him from Cypselus, he kept cutting off all the tallest ears of wheat which he could see, and throwing them away, until he had destroyed the best and richest part of the crop. Then, after passing through the place and speaking no word of counsel, he sent the herald away. When the herald returned to Cypselus, Periander desired to hear what counsel he brought, but the man said that Thrasybulus had given him none. The herald added that it was a strange man to whom he had been sent, a madman and a destroyer of his own possessions, telling Periander what he had seen Thrasybulus do. Periander, however, understood what had been done, and perceived that Thrasybulus had counselled him to slay those of his townsmen who were outstanding in influence or ability; with that he began to deal with his citizens in an evil manner. — Herodotus, The Histories, Book 5, 92-f[..]

stcredzero 8y ago
What is at peril is freedom to admit to be upwardly mobile. No disagreement there either. The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. Don't merely rail against your haters, when there are ways of converting them into your allies. Does blame only flow in one direction here?