>I don’t even understand why anyone cares about equality.
Because most people are (IMO wrongfully) jealous of the rich. They have a problem with the rich even if it's legitimately earned wealth.
Because most people are (IMO wrongfully) jealous of the rich. They have a problem with the rich even if it's legitimately earned wealth.
Would you be ok to live in a democracy where your vote goes into the garbage bin instead of the voting box? Because that's where it goes if you aren't rich.
I have no desire to be rich, certainly not as rich as the far right 1% column. I find that level of wealth nauseating and embarrassing. But regardless, "legitimately earned wealth" is doing a lot of work in that last sentence. Perhaps (doubtful) it's possible to earn that much while being legally legitimate, although that speaks more to how fucked up our system is than anything else, but certainly not possible to do so in a morally legitimate way.
I'd much rather everyone think deeply about this question than merely hope we all come to the same conclusion.
So you automatically assume that: Too much wealth = ill gotten gains?