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> "boring rich" This anti-rich "occupy" shit is getting real old. We get it, you don't like people who have more than you; give it a rest already. > Taking a
by jlgreco 13y ago
> "boring rich"
This anti-rich "occupy" shit is getting real old. We get it, you don't like people who have more than you; give it a rest already.
> Taking away money isn't the plot of Harrison Bergeron, taking away ability was.
Harrison Bergeron is about equalization via crippling. If you want to make it just about muscles and brains, then fine, but you are only taking away a very limited message from it. Stripping NYC of it's primary asset over other cities like Philadelphia and Chicago is one way to make NYC resemble those cities in terms of 'housing for poor people', but it is absolutely the wrong approach to take. Don't smooth inequality by tearing people or cities down, smooth inequality by building people and cities up (figuratively and literally, in the case of cities).