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Let's pose the opposite: Is it possible to enforce that 8 billion people be and have exactly the same? Seems pretty obviously absurd.
by anm89 7y ago
Let's pose the opposite:
Is it possible to enforce that 8 billion people be and have exactly the same? Seems pretty obviously absurd.
- duxut_staglatz 7y agoNo, but there is no reason to expect that we are at the optimal level on inequality either.
- WilliamEdward 7y agoIs it not worth trying to get as close to that as possible, though?
- tathougies 7y agoNo, not at all. Some people are lazy, just want to destroy things, or believe they have an innate right to the fruits of other's labor. This is obvious to anyone who has gone to high school.
- anm89 7y agoHow do you even measure? How do you decide how effort and talent should factor in. What system should be used to enforce it? The answer to all is you can't because it's inherently utopian. You can set a legal framework and follow and that's the best you can do. That can involve programs that are designed to help the poor or redistribute but the notion of trying to micromanage everyone into being equal or even close is absurd.