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In other words: Is it worth decreasing disparity if the only way to achieve it is to make us all poorer?
by slumdev 5y ago
In other words: Is it worth decreasing disparity if the only way to achieve it is to make us all poorer?
- saurik 5y agoHow does decreasing the average imply we are "all" poorer? Literally 99% of everyone could be making more money, but if one person who was only making more money because it could be done in secret is now making considerably less, then the average would still go down. I don't know anyone who actually cared about "average wage"...
- slumdev 5y agoA higher average, even if I'm not participating in it, will benefit me. Looking at a list of countries sorted by GDP per capita reveals that the ones nearest the top (with the highest average) are, with few exceptions, the best places to live even if one is earning less than that average: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PP...