Peter Thiel & @EricRWeinstein in their great podcast say that a goal of economic growth is the reduction of violence
Ppl also say that’s the same goal of reducing inequality
Economic growth tends to increase inequality
Which causes more violence - lack of equality or growth?
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Hard to get it all in 280. What’s your take on these questions?
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one might look at the history of democratic capitalism as a very long running experiment in redistributive Bandaids/patches to ensure the whole system doesn't crash.
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It’s also a terribly leading question. Violence is committed to protect ave of economic growth, fueling trauma and inequality. Why wouldn’t you ask what violence + amt of violence and for who is tolerable to guard against challenges to growth vs optimizing for less inequality?
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Good point re asking about the flipside of economic growth and violence, and how much violence is saved vs spent.
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