> Wealth equality is a necessary feature of our economic system yet very serious people pretend like labor can somehow pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

> Wealth equality is a necessary feature of our economic system yet very serious people pretend like labor can somehow pull themselves up by their bootstraps. How is wealth equality a necessary feature of capitalism when there has never been wealth equality in the history of human existence? Also, labor has pulled them themselves up by their bootstraps many times. It is possible, just simply not likely or common. Exhibit A: Andrew Carnegie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie Exhibit B: J.K. Rowling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling