IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality since the 1970s [pdf]

Re:IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality si... by coldtea on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:08AM (#14948030)

>In the long term isn't it economically better to get people out of this welfare culture so they can provide for themselves? Gangs aren't formed to feed starving people, they form because the culture is broken.

Then it's the culture that needs fixing, not the welfare.

>Arguably it's the welfare money that significantly led to the culture breakdown in the first place by destroying economic and social structure.

Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, et al. have excellent welfare, but no "gangs" of that style. So it's not the welfare that causes that phenomena.

In contrast, most developing world hellholes have little to no welfare, and huge gangs, violence and destroyed economic structures issues.

In fact the "have the community provide for itself" is how you get support structures like the mafia, the cartels, etc, substituting a state that doesn't help its people.

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Re:IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality si... by yters on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:19PM (#14952392)

Welfare encourages a culture of dependency. Before welfare the social structure formed by religious and civic groups took care of charity and required more accountability and a change in mindset to go along with material aid.

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