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Originally Posted by loquitur
but host, this thread isn't to discuss corruption, it's to discuss inequality. My point is that inequality in and of itself isn't objectionable. Other people feel differently and I wanted to know why. I think we all agree there is some degree of corruption everywhere, but that exists in every society. IIRC you started a thread about corruption and other stuff precisely because it was OT for this thread.
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sigh.....you just posted this:
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Originally Posted by will wilkinson
......There is no “too much” inequality. If there is any injustice or wrongdoing, it is too much. You don’t have to wait until you observe inequality to start caring about them — as if the smoke was the problem with a house on fire. But if a pattern of incomes is the result of fair-dealing among free people acting within just institutions, then there can be little objection, except from those who make equality a pointless fetish. Poverty is bad, <h3>whether or not it is a consequence of injustice, whether or not it exists alongside wealth, and the fact that it is bad alone gives us sufficient reason to do something about it.......</h3>
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....as I said, you and will wilkinson try to separate the systemic corruption that dramatic wealth inequity is a result of, a product of, an offspring of.
I object vehemently every time you attempt to separate the two.