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Easy answer: Most people do not have an accurate idea of who has money. http://steadfastfinances.com/blog/2010/10/09/behavioral-economics-real-vs-perceived-wea
by Cushman 15y ago
Easy answer: Most people do not have an accurate idea of who has money.
http://steadfastfinances.com/blog/2010/10/09/behavioral-economics-real-vs-perceived-wealth-distribution/ http://steadfastfinances.com/blog/2010/10/09/behavioral-econ...
What's shocking about that chart is that the difference between what liberals and conservatives think the wealth spread should be is dwarfed several times over by the difference between the average of what they both want and what it actually is. We should be able to come together on bipartisan tax increases for the wealthiest quintile— but people just don't know the facts.
- ataggart 15y agoIt's not clear to me why, if someone has a vastly incorrect notion about the actual state of the world, we should put much stock in their opinion of how the world ought to be. The best you could hope for is to infer some directionality. If I think the temperature of a room is 15C, and I say I think it ought to be 10C, but the actual temperature is 25C, then one should probably not infer anything beyond that I want the room cooler.
- Cushman 15y agoHow is that relevant to my comment? The point is that Americans are voting against their self interest, not because of values, but because of ignorance.