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As we've moved towards greater wealth inequality, it is also argued that we've moved towards wealth having greater access to power. (Citizens United, one dollar
by ip26 7y ago
As we've moved towards greater wealth inequality, it is also argued that we've moved towards wealth having greater access to power. (Citizens United, one dollar one vote, decline of unions, etc) You can go after wealth inequality, or you can go after the power-wealth connection. I'm not sure which is easier.
- iguy 7y agoI'm not sure these connections are as clear as you seem to take them to be. I guess I should cite PG instead of re-typing... maybe we're still unwinding the world of WWII, which produces lots of correlated changes [1]. Maybe inequality is more about technology than tax laws [2]. [1] http://paulgraham.com/re.html http://paulgraham.com/re.html [2] http://paulgraham.com/ineq.html http://paulgraham.com/ineq.html