It's not a daft thought if there are structural inequalities causally related to past wrongs that benefit modern group (as a group).https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/883631589611253760 …
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Meritocracy is all well & good, but if we start from wildly different situations, just because of luck of birth, then you've got a problem.
Obviously this is one large reason why redistribution of wealth, & material equality, should be at the heart of any progressive politics.
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Right, but that's about leveling the playing field. There are further arguments about tipping it beyond level.
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I was hoping to put off those arguments until such time as we can think about them on solidly flat ground...
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Actually, I'm not sure what "beyond level" arguments you mean. Are there any particular academics or activists you have in mind?
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I'd like to eradicate the word "redistribution" b/c it implies a pre-policy distribution of same wealth.
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Most wealth wouldn't exist w/o policies and institutions like property rights, which naturally favor ("redistribute" to) the wealthy.
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