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Re:Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth ... by ptaipale on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @10:51AM (#15653585)
Class is much more than income (or wealth), and enforcing income equality won't get rid of classes.
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Re:Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth ... by danharaj on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:05AM (#15653740)
No, but income equality with a class system would cause the system to destabilize. The long-term behavior of such a system would have to resolve the contradictions of capitalism.
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