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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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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Apr 29, 2020

I often hear people talking about inequality without acknowledging that the bottom poorest percentages have been doing the best by several metrics then they have throughout the rest of human history. But no, not good enough - other people are doing even better and that's not ok.

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The problem here is more about the fact that the gap is widening at a faster and faster rate.

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Why is that a problem?

11:20 PM · Apr 29, 2020

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They don't see the fact as bottom still going up they just see a gap They just see that the wealthy are living better than ever without acknowledging the poor are also living better than ever

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Because death and despair nytimes.com/interactive/20

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Inequality (of various forms) is the reason USA is more religious than its HDI economy equivalents. Inequality also means an incidence of UNEARNED PRIVILEGE. Ethically, its unjust. Sure you can't completely wipe it out but we must strive for pure meritocracy as much as we can.

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Rising inequality also means rising capabilities of a few to subvert resources to their private benefit and potential detriment of society. The potentiality means that it will (and does) happen.