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I could equally say we evolved to live in a group and therefore we tend to be highly concerned with inequality and fairness - often we value relative equality e
by llamataboot 7y ago
I could equally say we evolved to live in a group and therefore we tend to be highly concerned with inequality and fairness - often we value relative equality even more than we would value a higher standard of living - see The Spirit Level, etc, so we would be predisposed towards being happier in various socialisms (and indeed we do see happiness higher in general in industrial countries with stronger social safety nets/social welfare programs)
- mytailorisrich 7y agoWe do value fairness, as I mentioned. Equality of outcomes is not fairness, and it seems obvious that we don't naturally tend to value it as much or at all (see also actual results as discussed in the article, and more generally in countries that attempted to setup socialism). In fact equality of outcomes is fundamentally unfair. Social welfare is not the same as socialism at all. That's a common misrepresentation.