Re:Law of Jante
by paulddraper on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:05PM
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> which kind are you talking about
Sorry, that was vague. I meant the way it is most often used: wealth redistribution towards equality.
> It is frequently heard in politics, usually referring to perceived redistributions from those who have more to those who have less.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistribution_of_income_and_w...
Not just vague, but wildly and needlessly politically charged. Capitalism is a system that redistributes wealth away from equality by definition, and it highly encourages and favors individualism, by definition. Suggesting that the Law of Jante would judge social programs that aim for the common good to be individualistic seems misguided and blind to the economic realities of the growing inequality we actually have.
https://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw2016/content/section-6/PDF/2016NC...
As far as wealth redistribution, which kind are you talking about, the kind where the rich take from the poor, or the kind where the poor take from the rich? This seems like a political troll unrelated to the Law of Jante, but it's safe to say that all voters vote for wealth redistribution, it just depends on which direction you believe it should go.