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Re:Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth ... by Chinjut on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:57PM (#15656348)
Yes. (Among a million other things. ALL the rules that determine who is a billionaire and who is a beggar are social choices, because wealth is a social relation. The fact that there even are these particular different possible ways for people to be treated is a social choice.)
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Re:Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth ... by Mz on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:00PM (#15656398)
"Possession is nine tenths of the law."

(Though Wikipedia tells me it means something else:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_t...

My assumption has always been that the phrase meant that 90% of law is related to who owns what, basically.)

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