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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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Cathy Reisenwitz (51/100 sketches)

@CathyReisenwitz

Apr 29, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

The thing is that the current distribution of capital results from, in large part, racist, sexist force. Redlining helps explain America’s black/white family wealth inequality. Overpolicing of black communities exacerbates racial income inequality.

Cathy Reisenwitz (51/100 sketches)

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Inequality through purely voluntary behavior might or might not be “bad” but it’s a fantasy. Right now the state uses violence to ensure the people who have traditionally had more continue to have more than others. That’s wrong.

Aella

@Aella_Girl

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@CathyReisenwitz

I do agree that right now the state has a lot of regulations that prevent upward growth by people who have very little. I also do think that a world with purely voluntary behavior would result in inequality. I think a lot of successful startups today are an example of this.

11:22 PM · Apr 29, 2020

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The looking-for-unicorns startup culture is primarily enabled by the prevalence of intellectual property, a dubious idea that is imposed by globally coordinated state power. If that power never existed, open source software would be much more prevalent by now.