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Quite like the phrase on inequality "Perhaps the reason the pie fallacy is so prevalent is that it’s in our DNA."
by PouyaL 7y ago
Quite like the phrase on inequality "Perhaps the reason the pie fallacy is so prevalent is that it’s in our DNA."
- goto11 7y agoIts a fallacy to call it a fallacy though. Sure, many forms of wealth is not zero sum, but some are. For example political influence correlate with wealth and is basically zero-sum. So larger economic inequality concentrate power among fewer people. This is pretty significant whether you consider it a good or a bad thing.
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- PouyaL 7y agoThe things though here is that comes rather neutral. Neither bad nor a good, but false or positive symptoms. That could a better starting point to take actions to strengthen the positive ones and get rid of false.
- Dirlewanger 7y agoThere's no doubt it's in our DNA. Forming groups with likeminded people is what kept our species alive for hundreds of thousands of years. And it's only been in the past ~150 years that we as a civilization have started to seriously care about the wellbeing of others unlike themselves. We've undoubtedly come a far way, but that's not to say we don't have much further to go. Fighting with our innate tribalistic tendencies is hard.