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> That sounds like the "wealth is a fixed pie" theory, where for one person to have more, another must have less. Dare to elaborate? And absolutely not. If an
by tossandthrow 2y ago
> That sounds like the "wealth is a fixed pie" theory, where for one person to have more, another must have less.
Dare to elaborate?
And absolutely not. If anything, on the contrary, I say that equality is a way to make the pie bigger.
- WalterBright 2y ago> I say that equality is a way to make the pie bigger. Your idea has been tried, literally tens of thousands of times. The pie got smaller. Just in the US alone, 20,000 communes have been formed (they're not illegal). They all failed. Even the diehard communists can't stand living in a commune and sharing equally.
- tossandthrow 2y agoWhat idea? I never proposed any system to obtain equality, merely pointed out that equality as a quality in itself is worth striving for. A lot of people would argue that the American-style capitalism way is the way to obtain equality and I would not oppose that