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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by WalterBright on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:17PM (#28506467)
That conflates two very different things. One is the absolute state of the poor. The other is the difference between the poor and the wealthy.

Improving the state of the poor does not imply it is necessary to prevent others from doing much better.

Just like if your goal is to decrease auto travel times from Seattle to LA, removing air travel is not the answer.

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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by AussieWog93 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:25PM (#28506525)
>Improving the state of the poor does not imply it is necessary to prevent others from doing much better.

I never said it does.

I was just saying that providing a minimum standard of living for the poor, at the expense of the rich (through increased taxes for health care, lowered property portfolio values for affordable housing, and increased wage expenditures for a liveable minimum wage) is a noble goal to pursue - arguably more noble than reusable rockets.

The fact that you can't eliminate economic equality doesn't mean you should make no effort to reduce its harm.

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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by WalterBright on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:58PM (#28516796)
> I never said it does.

When you frame the problem as "inequality", you are saying it does.

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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by AussieWog93 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:49AM (#28521598)
I'm literally not. You're twisting my words and then repeatedly telling me I'm saying what you're accusing me of.
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