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From the abstract Taller individuals were less supportive of government wealth redistribution overall, but were especially averse if they were also wealthier.
by thisistheend123 6y ago
From the abstract
Taller individuals were less supportive of government wealth redistribution overall, but were especially averse if they were also wealthier. Post-hoc analyses suggested that for lower income deciles, the association was reversed. For these people, there was a positive association between height and support for wealth redistribution.
- bluecalm 6y agoAll according to incentives: well-off and tall? - redistribution hurts you. Poor and tall? - redistribution helps especially you because if the economic factors are equal you enjoy your inherent biological advantage on otherwise equal field. If you're poor and short then you can hope to outcompete at least some tall people by doing better economically (working more, being smarter etc.). If the redistribution is very heavy then even if you manage to do that your now earned advantage is going to be taken away and redistributed leaving you with your biological disadvantage and no hope to outcompete those more privileged. All this means that redistribution won't really help disadvantaged people (short, minority, less attractive) much. What would help are measure to curtail ways you benefit from those factors unjustly.
- originate 6y agoA more appropriate headline is thus, “being taller makes you want money - your own (if you have it) or others (if you don’t).”
- necovek 6y agoThat's incorrect. "Being tall and wealthy makes you want more money", the abstract obviously says that wealthy tall people were especially against wealth distribution, implying that non-wealthy tall people were just like everyone else. There is a correlation simply because taller people are generally wealthier (citation missing, but it should be easy to dig a few out).