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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by nicolashahn on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:37PM (#15502775)
I could also write an article about how you can make two lengths of rope the same by cutting the longer one and tying it to the shorter one. I don't think it'd be news though.
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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by hexane360 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:06PM (#15503105)
You also strike me as the person who'd write an article about how printing money makes everyone richer, because it's like "lengthening a rope". Economics is far from intuitive, and using a metaphor to hide all the complexity doesn't change that. This is typical HN arrogance at its finest.

https://xkcd.com/1831/

also: https://xkcd.com/793/

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