Income inequality today may be higher today than in any other era

Re:Income inequality today may be higher today than in any o... by coldtea on Saturday July 02, 2016 @04:42PM (#12023725)

For one, people weren't actually equal in those regimes. There were sizable privileged bureaucracies and leadership and large swaths of ordinary citizens -- which was exactly what was the issue with them, not equality.

Second, who said any attempt at equality has to be made that way? There were historically (and still are) lots of societies both valuing equality and actually way more equal than modern US but with very different structures and/or beliefs.

From the Amish and hippy communes, and ancient Spartans, to modern nordic countries.

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Re:Income inequality today may be higher today than in any o... by Steeeve on Saturday July 02, 2016 @10:45PM (#12024623)

I'm sorry... you're working examples of income equality are hippy communes and Amish villages?

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Re:Income inequality today may be higher today than in any o... by coldtea on Sunday July 03, 2016 @08:25AM (#12025796)

Perhaps there was a glitch in your browser and it didn't download my whole comment? That's the only explanation I could give to missing not only a couple of more examples, but also the historical extent of them (not to mention my other points).

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