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Arguable. Being hungry, homeless or sick is an actual problem that causes people great suffering. Driving a Honda while one's neighbor drives a Ferrari shouldn'
by ahomescu1 13y ago
Arguable. Being hungry, homeless or sick is an actual problem that causes people great suffering. Driving a Honda while one's neighbor drives a Ferrari shouldn't cause anyone any suffering (if it does, it's self-inflicted). The former is poverty, the latter is inequality.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> Arguable. Well, in a world where no one studied the issue, maybe. > Being hungry, homeless or sick is an actual problem that causes people great suffering. So is relative deprivation. > Driving a Honda while one's neighbor drives a Ferrari shouldn't cause anyone any suffering. "Should" and "is" aren't the same thing. One is a statement of preference, the other of reality.
- ahomescu1 13y agoSo are you arguing that having less luxury than others (but still luxury) causes people psychological pain, so society should give everyone everything they want? I don't think even the most hardcore communists ever asked for that.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> So are you arguing that having less luxury than others (but still luxury) causes people psychological pain, so society should give everyone everything they want? No. You can tell that, because I didn't: 1) Assert the premise you propose, or 2) Assert the conclusion you propose. > I don't think even the most hardcore communists ever asked for that. Probably not. It's a ridiculous strawman you just invented.