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The suffering from income inequality seems to be mostly psychological from the realization that others have more. This is why they don't care about improving th
by daenz 5y ago
The suffering from income inequality seems to be mostly psychological from the realization that others have more. This is why they don't care about improving their own bottom line as much as they do about preventing others from having so much more.
- sunshineforever 5y agoFor the lower class it isn't just psychological jealousy. We look forward at a future where we have to constantly work and never really have a life. I have to pay a landowner for the ability to sleep. It isn't fun.
- daenz 5y agoYou seem to want a life where you don't have to do anything and everything is provided for you by others. In other words, you want to be the people that you're jealous of.
- nextlevelwizard 5y agoThere are now more ways than ever before to lift yourself out of poverty. World is full of companies looking for programmers. That is purely a skill you can cultivate regardless your physical abilities.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoThis isn't necessarily true.It pretty easy to see that some have become much richer while others have stood still or gone backwards, and it is not obvious that those that became richer are any more deserving than the losers. I suspect this is a much bigger problem than just envy of rich people.
- daenz 5y agoI've done this experiment, and you should too. Ask the people who complain the loudest about income inequality the following question: if you could eliminate billionaires from existing but it wouldn't raise the standard of living of anyone else, would you? Every time the answer has been "yes." That tells you all you need to know.