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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by cal5k on Saturday April 07, 2018 @02:31PM (#16782035)
The main thrust is that this seems to simply be a consequence of differing ability/circumstance, and there is no counter-example in recorded history - even our views on the "noble savage" are probably skewed by the fact that large hunter-gatherer societies with enough wealth to allow accumulation have been stamped out.

The follow-on question is: what do we do about it? Attempts to artificially "correct" inequality for the sake of correction are universally disastrous. Progressive taxation and redistribution are, I think, reasonable, as is universal basic income, and sound government has a huge role to play. But the goal should be to provide basic services and create opportunity for the bottom 50%, not wrest control of wealth from the top 1%.

The goal of actually stamping out inequality is a fool's errand.

Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by wiz21c on Saturday April 07, 2018 @04:51PM (#16782881)
Fortunately, thanks to your solution, the basic services for the bottom 50% will make them no less free than slaves... (admittedly, history happens like that but it's been continually fought)