> And this wealth inequality is mostly caused by people making dumb choices. Sure, but where does that get us? What can we do about it? In the long run educa

> And this wealth inequality is mostly caused by people making dumb choices. Sure, but where does that get us? What can we do about it? In the long run education should, one hopes, help. But given that wealth inequality is likely to be a feature of all but the most smurfy of societies, how do we want to manage it in ours? (According to legend, the creator of the Smurfs was a staunch Communist and he designed the Smurfs to be a model Communist society. Supposedly the Smurfs are a kind of revenge for being denied entry to some nation or other for his political beliefs. I swear I 'm not making this up. The smurfs are ruled by a red father, they each are defined by their profession or main talent, they "give according to their ability and receive according to their need" without any money or economic system, and the guy who is their nemesis wants to eat them or turn them into gold. Oh and they have no women at first, and then they have one woman and her job is "woman". I don't know if that last part is particularly communist, but it's pretty messed up if you think about it. "Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you that again!")