Re:Rank-reversal aversion may be causing more social problem...
by AnthonyMouse on Saturday July 15, 2017 @05:32PM
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> Explain to me, how is that a problem. Suppose someone invents a method to make lots of clean renewable energy very cheaply. They make a company and earn $10,000,000. Did they not deserve the fruit of their labour? Is that a problem?
If the typical person making that amount of money had invented "a method to make lots of clean renewable energy very cheaply" then it wouldn't be a problem, but those aren't the people we see making that kind of money.
And when the money is made from dirty energy, or high frequency trading, or executives who deny employee raises to boost profits, or just good old fashioned interest on inherited wealth, people start to wonder what everybody else is getting in exchange for keeping society structured in a way that causes those people to make that amount of money.
If the typical person making that amount of money had invented "a method to make lots of clean renewable energy very cheaply" then it wouldn't be a problem, but those aren't the people we see making that kind of money.
And when the money is made from dirty energy, or high frequency trading, or executives who deny employee raises to boost profits, or just good old fashioned interest on inherited wealth, people start to wonder what everybody else is getting in exchange for keeping society structured in a way that causes those people to make that amount of money.