Is inequality a bad thing?

[Anachronous Rex]

Depends on where your priorities are.

If you care about democracy, then you probably want a fairly bloated middle class, as historically these are the conditions that tend to produce and sustain them.

If you deeply care about democracy you would not want a class system to begin with.

hmm... strikes me as a non-sequitur. I mean, I agree that the two are thematically opposed, but I see no reason why it would be impossible support them both at the same time.

[Distruzio]

No. It's perfectly natural.

[Threlizdun]

hmm... strikes me as a non-sequitur. I mean, I agree that the two are thematically opposed, but I see no reason why it would be impossible support them both at the same time.

It is not impossible to support democracy and believe that the existence of social classes should be tolerated. Any liberal democrat accepts such a position. What I was saying is simply that an individual who grants exceptional value to the preservation, strengthening, and expansion of democracy should understand the value of seeking the total abolition of social classes to truly further all of such goals.

[Agritum]

I solemnly believe it is our duty to make the world a better place.

This. This. This so much. I agree with this so much that I am shipping it to the damn awesome quotes topic.

Arg, Caninope is Captain America under disguise. Everyone knows it.

[Christmahanikwanzikah]

Depends.

[Vazdania]

A self explanatory topic, but do you think inequality is bad, or is it nothing to worry about. Some people argue that class divides make it hard for people to be succesful, and that it isn't fair.


Others say its natural for inequality in a free market economy, and it helps encourage poor people to work hard.

I personally despise inequality(big surprise), because it makes life unequal, and it makes life hard for those affected or born into poverty.

Anyways do you think inequality is bad, just a harmless thing created by capitalism, or the far extreme, thinking its a good thing.

Inequality is a great thing

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Not really, no.

Unless, of course, it becomes extreme.

[Terran Faction]

Economic Equality may sound like a nice thing, but do you want to stay equal forever?

[Agymnum]

It's not as terrible as many of my socialist kin may say it is, but I definitely think it should be reduced. You should be rewarded for your effort, yes, but there should be a ceiling for the rich and a floor for the poor. Having a man own several mansions while people starve to death in the street is not ethical.

[Frisivisia]

No. It's perfectly natural.

Some babies are just born better. Duh.

[Carnivorous Flying Lunchboxes]

No.

[Agymnum]

No. It's perfectly natural.

Some babies are just born better. Duh.

Hell yeah. I was born with a scepter in my hand and a magic diaper on my ass.

According to my mother, pushing the diaper out along with my tush was quite painful. Lot of chafing, as you can imagine.

[True Capitalistan]

“It is inequality that gives enlargement to intellect, energy, virtue, love and wealth. Equality of intellect stabilizes mediocrity. Equality of wealth makes every man poor. Equality of energy renders all men sluggards. Equality of virtue suspends all men without the gates of heaven. Equality of love would stultify every manly passion, destroy every family altar and mongrelize the races of men. Equality of altitude would make the whole world a dead sea. Mountains rise out of plains. Plains rise out of the sea.”
— R. Carter Pittman

[Greater Beggnig]

No. It's perfectly natural.

So are murder, and war, and rape. Should those things be 'nothing to worry about?'

[Vazdania]

It's not as terrible as many of my socialist kin may say it is, but I definitely think it should be reduced. You should be rewarded for your effort, yes, but there should be a ceiling for the rich and a floor for the poor. Having a man own several mansions while people starve to death in the street is not ethical.

stealing from the rich to give to the poor is unethical.

[Carnivorous Flying Lunchboxes]

No. It's perfectly natural.

So is murder, and war, and rape. Should those things be 'nothing to worry about?'

Source? Also, murder, war, and rape are not the subject of this thread.

[Agymnum]

“It is inequality that gives enlargement to intellect, energy, virtue, love and wealth. Equality of intellect stabilizes mediocrity. Equality of wealth makes every man poor. Equality of energy renders all men sluggards. Equality of virtue suspends all men without the gates of heaven. Equality of love would stultify every manly passion, destroy every family altar and mongrelize the races of men. Equality of altitude would make the whole world a dead sea. Mountains rise out of plains. Plains rise out of the sea.”
— R. Carter Pittman

"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire

[Greater Beggnig]

It's not as terrible as many of my socialist kin may say it is, but I definitely think it should be reduced. You should be rewarded for your effort, yes, but there should be a ceiling for the rich and a floor for the poor. Having a man own several mansions while people starve to death in the street is not ethical.

stealing from the rich to give to the poor is unethical.

The rich not sharing their wealth is unethical.

[Greater Beggnig]

“It is inequality that gives enlargement to intellect, energy, virtue, love and wealth. Equality of intellect stabilizes mediocrity. Equality of wealth makes every man poor. Equality of energy renders all men sluggards. Equality of virtue suspends all men without the gates of heaven. Equality of love would stultify every manly passion, destroy every family altar and mongrelize the races of men. Equality of altitude would make the whole world a dead sea. Mountains rise out of plains. Plains rise out of the sea.”
— R. Carter Pittman

"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire

"Contradictory quote is contradictory."-Me.

[True Capitalistan]

“It is inequality that gives enlargement to intellect, energy, virtue, love and wealth. Equality of intellect stabilizes mediocrity. Equality of wealth makes every man poor. Equality of energy renders all men sluggards. Equality of virtue suspends all men without the gates of heaven. Equality of love would stultify every manly passion, destroy every family altar and mongrelize the races of men. Equality of altitude would make the whole world a dead sea. Mountains rise out of plains. Plains rise out of the sea.”
— R. Carter Pittman

"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire

"Denial is not refutation." - Ron Paul, The Communist Manifesto

[Agymnum]

It's not as terrible as many of my socialist kin may say it is, but I definitely think it should be reduced. You should be rewarded for your effort, yes, but there should be a ceiling for the rich and a floor for the poor. Having a man own several mansions while people starve to death in the street is not ethical.

stealing from the rich to give to the poor is unethical.

It's not stealing when the rich take advantage of government services such as healthcare subsidies, agriculture subsidies, and tax shelters.

Letting the poor die is far more unethical than demanding the rich to cough up a bit of money.

"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire

"Denial is not refutation." - Ron Paul, The Communist Manifesto

"The problem with citing quotes over the internet is that it is hard to prove their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln

[Forsher]

So is murder, and war, and rape. Should those things be 'nothing to worry about?'

Source? Also, murder, war, and rape are not the subject of this thread.

Correct, they aren't. Doesn't mean that they cannot be mentioned in a manner relevant to the thread. In this case, "These are natural things, are they also nothing to worry about?" Challenging their status as natural, on the other hand, is liable to make this thread about those things.

Anyway, natural doesn't mean good. Cancer is, for example, natural. As are colds. So is keratin, which does tend to not be something to worry about but it can be (rather like inequality... which is generally concerning but a concerted effort isn't required until things get out of hand).

[Greater Beggnig]

So is murder, and war, and rape. Should those things be 'nothing to worry about?'

Source? Also, murder, war, and rape are not the subject of this thread.

Murder is everywhere in the animal kingdom. Chimpanzees fight wars between their 'tribes.' Chimpanzees also rape.
To be honest, I'm bloody sick of the 'butt capitalizm iz nattural' argument.

[True Capitalistan]

"Denial is not refutation." - Ron Paul, The Communist Manifesto

"The problem with citing quotes over the internet is that it is hard to prove their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln

"To repeat the same point I made before another way: it's irrelevant whether something is a quote or not. If it provides an argument, then that shouldn't matter. There's nothing wrong with quotes, unless they're abjectly false." - Christopher Hitchens, An Open Letter to The White Man

[Carnivorous Flying Lunchboxes]

Source? Also, murder, war, and rape are not the subject of this thread.

Murder is everywhere in the animal kingdom. Chimpanzees fight wars between their 'tribes.' Chimpanzees also rape.
To be honest, I'm bloody sick of the 'butt capitalizm iz nattural' argument.

actual source. To be honest I'm equally sick of stupid arguments that seek to disprove it and fail horribly.