> For example, claims that "wealth inequality result in X deaths" seem clearly manipulative. It's not "inequality" of wealth, whatever that actually means, that

> For example, claims that "wealth inequality result in X deaths" seem clearly manipulative. It's not "inequality" of wealth, whatever that actually means, that kills them. If everyone had at least enough wealth to be physically and mentally healthy you could still have massive wealth inequality. Ergo, if wealth inequality can exist without the associated deaths then wealth inequality isn't the cause. > Do you agree with my assessment? Why or why not? It’s a pretty obvious logical fallacy, though I appreciate the way you asked for more viewpoints. The article itself argues the disparity is so vast that you could tax the 10 men to the point of them still having 8 billion more than when the pandemic started and solve a lot of global problems. It’s like saying someone having cholesterol problems couldn’t be from eating 10 cheeseburgers a day because when they dropped to eating 1 cheeseburger a day and the problems were fixed they were still eating bad food.