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Wow. You've gone really off-tangent with this but I'll try to put one back in. While your proposals are noble, none of them will solve the inequality problem i

Wow. You've gone really off-tangent with this but I'll try to put one back in. While your proposals are noble, none of them will solve the inequality problem in the broad sense. Might eradicate low levels of poverty. However I still see the rich winning at the front line of this race without breaking any sweat. Some of these things are do-able like ending starvation globally. Some of them like legalization of narcotics might not be so easy. Your solutions however tend to lean on tackling misappropriation of public funds and resources. This can also be solved by collectively electing servant leaders and keeping them accountable. If only the people can even aspire to unite as one. Equalizing the world economically has no easy approaches. The more you think of it, the more you just see resetting all bank accounts to zero and creating a new value system being the most ideal way. One with a different idea of money. Capitalism has allowed a few individuals to amass disproportionate amounts of obscene wealth. Now that it is out of the gate, the beast cannot be returned to its lair. It must be slain if we are ever to return to harmony and balance. I think if I were given the chance at tackling this. Say I wake up tomorrow and realize am the president of the entire world. I would go back to sleep and wish this new position away in my dreams.

jollofricepeas 6y ago
Capitalism has nothing to do with it. What most people fail to understand is that inequality is a constant. There will always be inequality of some kind. Historically, all major civilizations have reset inequality in either one of two ways. 1) forced wealth redistribution (war) 2) voluntary wealth redistribution (taxation, public education, free healthcare, food, etc). I recommend reading Will & Ariel Durant, Thomas Sowell & Jared Diamond though there are other authors who have wrote on the subjects of inequality. - https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914995X https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914... - https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Poverty-Politics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/046509676X https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Poverty-Politics-Thomas-Sowell... - https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/about/jared.html https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/about/jared.html
KozmoNau7 6y ago
You're the one talking about some utopian ideal of complete equality, I didn't bring that up :-) I want us to not let people die from hunger, exposure and disease, which we currently do every day, because it's not profitable enough to make sure their needs are met. I want us to stop punishing people for harmlessly growing and ingesting plants that make you feel good. I want us to use our societies' wealth to do things for the benefit of society and humanity, instead of letting some wealthy people amass even greater wealth. It was not very long ago that the great nations of the world did things "not because they are easy, but because they are hard". We need to bring that sort of idealism to bear on the great issues that trouble the world, namely climate change, ecosystem destruction, hunger and disease.

jollofricepeas 6y ago

Capitalism has nothing to do with it. What most people fail to understand is that inequality is a constant. There will always be inequality of some kind. Historically, all major civilizations have reset inequality in either one of two ways. 1) forced wealth redistribution (war) 2) voluntary wealth redistribution (taxation, public education, free healthcare, food, etc). I recommend reading Will & Ariel Durant, Thomas Sowell & Jared Diamond though there are other authors who have wrote on the subjects of inequality. - https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914995X https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-History-Will-Durant/dp/143914... - https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Poverty-Politics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/046509676X https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Poverty-Politics-Thomas-Sowell... - https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/about/jared.html https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/about/jared.html

KozmoNau7 6y ago

You're the one talking about some utopian ideal of complete equality, I didn't bring that up :-) I want us to not let people die from hunger, exposure and disease, which we currently do every day, because it's not profitable enough to make sure their needs are met. I want us to stop punishing people for harmlessly growing and ingesting plants that make you feel good. I want us to use our societies' wealth to do things for the benefit of society and humanity, instead of letting some wealthy people amass even greater wealth. It was not very long ago that the great nations of the world did things "not because they are easy, but because they are hard". We need to bring that sort of idealism to bear on the great issues that trouble the world, namely climate change, ecosystem destruction, hunger and disease.