People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness

Re:People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness by neilwilson on Sunday September 10, 2017 @06:49AM (#15211662)

The idea that you can change power by removing wealth by force has the same legitimacy as believing you can extract an egg from a baked cake.

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Re:People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness by justinclift on Sunday September 10, 2017 @07:08AM (#15211701)

Hmmm, don't events like the French Revolution counter that?

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Re:People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness by zo1 on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:22AM (#15211910)

It was only a temporary measure, if you ask me. More like a vacuum was created, and a new set of wealthy people took the positions.

http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/04/18/inequality-in-fran...

So I'd say no, it's not really a counter. There is something else, something intrinsic in our society, that causes the existence of the wealthy. Or "inequality" as others like to call it.

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Re:People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness by izacus on Sunday September 10, 2017 @12:08PM (#15212788)

Ah yes, and modern constitutions and democracies came to be from goodnes of old aristrocratic hearts!

Events like french revolution were key drivers of reforms that brought around the modern democracy. While they weren't as bloody outside of France, they certanly did influence movements in other countries across Europe and forced their absolutists to accept the necessity of a parliament to curb their powers.

Even IF new wealthy people took the positions, they end result for general population was an improvement of living conditions.

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