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Plenty of people support policies that do exactly that. Plenty of people also have positive opinions of, say, the Cuban revolution despite all the metrics indic
by manfredo 8y ago
Plenty of people support policies that do exactly that. Plenty of people also have positive opinions of, say, the Cuban revolution despite all the metrics indicating that the overwhelming majority of Cubans were ultimately worse off because of it.
- CydeWeys 8y agoYou're moving the goalposts now from "people actively want this" to "people support policies that I say have this as a side effect".
- manfredo 8y agoThere really are people who think that eliminating inequality is worth it even if it makes everyone worse off, and say so explicitly. Usually they try to frame it as having some sort of positive externalities, but when you dig deep and probe specifically they will say that lowering inequality is good even if it leaves everyone worse off. I've met plenty of these people. Maybe I'm exposed to this view more often than you seeing as I live in San Francisco.
- CydeWeys 8y agoI don't live in SF so I can't speak to that, but I really don't think this is a widely held view. It sounds very fringe.
- dahdum 8y agoIt's not just people supporting policies with that effect (like the GND). I've met plenty of people pushing for equality of outcome over opportunity, and seriously proposing confiscating all the wealth of the rich to do so.