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> Inequality in your country has risen dramatically the past 30 years. Why should I or anyone care?

mdorazio 6y ago
In case you're actually serious and not just trolling... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_economic_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_economic_inequality
rjbwork 6y ago
Because historically, excessive inequality doesn't end well for the haves.
- failuser 6y ago
  They are usually fine. The inequality was way higher for most of the history and hungry peasants are no match for the army. We just remember the cases when the revolution won because it’s a good story. And the result was usually worse conditions for the poor. I’m afraid that social equality peaked in XX century. Automation makes imposing social order so much easier, we might be stuck with this one for a while.
  - j-krieger 6y ago
    Actually, american income inequality is worse than the income equality right before the french revolution
  - lenkite 6y ago
    Those hungry peasants weren't educated. You have far more bright people in the 99.9% today than in the 0.1% cream at the top. Unless you decide on complete and utter genocide, An Army is utterly no match for clever people who will utilise every inch of their ingenuity in guiding riots, carrying out guerilla warfare with committed assassins targeting the 0.1% (and their families). And a nation who chooses to kill its citizens 'en masse via its military forces will not be a nation for very long. There will be civil war. Without shared prosperity, a nation will shatter very soon. A revolution doesn't need to "win" for the prosperous to loose their lives by the million-fold. This also has been proven in history.
jeremyjh 6y ago
If you really can think of no reason, just ask Marie Antoinette.
ardy42 6y ago
>> Inequality in your country has risen dramatically the past 30 years. > Why should I or anyone care? Are you inside or outside the gated community?
j-krieger 6y ago
Because you guys keep yapping about how you love america, and that should include loving your fellow countrymen?
OCASM 6y ago
Only the envious care. They try to justify it by conflating poverty with inequality.

In case you're actually serious and not just trolling... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_economic_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_economic_inequality

rjbwork 6y ago

Because historically, excessive inequality doesn't end well for the haves.

failuser 6y ago
They are usually fine. The inequality was way higher for most of the history and hungry peasants are no match for the army. We just remember the cases when the revolution won because it’s a good story. And the result was usually worse conditions for the poor. I’m afraid that social equality peaked in XX century. Automation makes imposing social order so much easier, we might be stuck with this one for a while.
- j-krieger 6y ago
  Actually, american income inequality is worse than the income equality right before the french revolution
- lenkite 6y ago
  Those hungry peasants weren't educated. You have far more bright people in the 99.9% today than in the 0.1% cream at the top. Unless you decide on complete and utter genocide, An Army is utterly no match for clever people who will utilise every inch of their ingenuity in guiding riots, carrying out guerilla warfare with committed assassins targeting the 0.1% (and their families). And a nation who chooses to kill its citizens 'en masse via its military forces will not be a nation for very long. There will be civil war. Without shared prosperity, a nation will shatter very soon. A revolution doesn't need to "win" for the prosperous to loose their lives by the million-fold. This also has been proven in history.

jeremyjh 6y ago

If you really can think of no reason, just ask Marie Antoinette.

ardy42 6y ago

>> Inequality in your country has risen dramatically the past 30 years. > Why should I or anyone care? Are you inside or outside the gated community?

j-krieger 6y ago

Because you guys keep yapping about how you love america, and that should include loving your fellow countrymen?

OCASM 6y ago

Only the envious care. They try to justify it by conflating poverty with inequality.