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No, a gap is still not an issue. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with a world where everyone has everything they need and one person has a net worth of a
by fastball 2y ago
No, a gap is still not an issue.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with a world where everyone has everything they need and one person has a net worth of a gazillion dollars.
- intended 2y agoSure, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with that hypothetical world.
- fastball 2y agoRight, so you agree. The problem is the floor, not the gap. People like to point at a gap (in attainment or wealth or whatever) and pretend that this is all they really need to do, because the gap itself is evil. But that is nonsense, as demonstrated by my hypothetical. The gap itself is nothing and the context is everything. So you can't just point out gaps. You need to articulate 1. what the people at the bottom are lacking 2. how closing the gap will ensure that the people at the bottom are better off afterwards (rather than just cutting down the people at the top).