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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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To the extent one believes an unequal society ethical, one must agree to the lowest rank of that inequality. If one consents to a society w/ slavery, one implicitly okays slavery, and the ethical possibility of themselves becoming a slave. How far down are you okay with going?

Aella

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@Halcius_

idk i've had a very consistent political philosophy around this even during times i was going hungry because I couldn't afford food so I think pretty far down?

11:26 PM · Apr 29, 2020

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So starving. Are you okay with a society in which people, including yourself, may regularly starve to death?

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It sounds like Aella is talking about inequality of outcome, and Mark about an inequality of circumstance, specifically one borne through force (slavery).

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Why didn’t you keep going hungry? Maybe those people, instead of being envious, don’t wanna go hungry either...?