I don't understand why inequality is inherently bad. It seems fine to me. Force is bad, and sometimes inequality is created through force - but inequality is not *in and of itself* bad. I often (not always) interpret people who dislike inequality as envious and dissatisfied.
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Inequality of outcome isn't inherently bad, but inequality of opportunity is. Modern progressives view all inequality of outcome as proof of inequality of opportunity.
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The most clear moral objection to inequality is that in the world we live in extreme inequality implies that many live in poverty. Poverty = bad -> inequality = bad. This is not the only objection but if your looking for a place to start it seems like a good one.
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It makes no sense to say that a system that's a binary choice between working or starving isn't predicated on force
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since when in the entirety of human history, down to our primal ancestors, did creatures not have to exert work in order to eat?
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imagine you were hideous, very dim, and a member of a visible minority. and an orphan. would you deserve any less empathy than anyone else?
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I hear people talking about how “the poor are doing better than ever” way more often than I hear about how the government redistributes wealth upwards. I wonder who benefits from that

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I hear people say the government redistributes wealth upwards but also don't the top 1% in America pay like 60% of the total taxes or something absurd?
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Isn’t all inequality based on force - ie. I cannot just take what resources I need, or want, because the state will use force against me? That threat of state force lies behind all laws regarding resources, property rights etc. which underpin our current system.
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"Inequality" isn't a useful word. What does it even mean? At what point has equality been achieved? Obviously perfect equality of outcome is undesirable, see Harrison Bergeron. So "equality" means "more equal than where we are now", and that threshold is different for everyone.
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People a fantasy about what things ‘should’ be. They are mostly made we live in an imperfect world. They should be mad at Eve for eating the fruit and brought an end to paradise.
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