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"A desire for more inequality"? That smacks of "good people support Policy X, even if it achieves the opposite of its goals in the long run. To acknowledge tha
by Wolfenstein98k 4y ago
"A desire for more inequality"?
That smacks of "good people support Policy X, even if it achieves the opposite of its goals in the long run. To acknowledge that and oppose Policy X, even on its own merits, makes you evil in intent."
Few people actually have desires like "I want more inequality", even if they oppose a policy which intends to decrease it.
- prottog 4y agoA lot of the modern American progressive argument presupposes the validity of its own assumptions. It's entirely circular logic. > oppose a policy which intends to decrease [inequality] Of course, there is very little discussion on whether said policies do actually end up decreasing inequality; much like how the Great Society "War On Poverty" arguably increased poverty.
- pydry 4y ago>Few people actually have desires like "I want more inequality It's dressed up differently. They talk about cutting "bloated" public sector budgets or the necessity of austerity. Nobody calls themselves anti choice or pro death or pro war either but lots of people are.
- Wolfenstein98k 4y agoYou can believe in those things for reasons other than "wanting more inequality". Your political opponents believe what they say, not some nefarious strawman you think they're secretly thinking.