Here's how to explain to people the distinction between fighting poverty and fighting economic inequality.
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What does "this" refer to? People don't realise they're tacitly suggesting stopping founders as a method, or they're arguing for equality?
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The former.
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While it is logically "true" that stopping (some) founders would reduce inequality, in no way does that mean people are advocating for it.
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It is also logically "true" that I could remove someone's arms in order to reduce BMI. Logically correct but you see where this is going..?
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Just drop the mic and walk away dude...

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Isn't the solution to poverty, simply a tiny bit less inequality? Why shouldn't people focus on solutions?
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Not necessarily, you can theoretically reduce poverty and increase inequality. They're not totally "dependent" on each other.
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My point was, what is the best (fairer) solution to tackle poverty?
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Likely some form of conditional cash transfer. Consistently effective, independent of flawed states: http://goo.gl/Mm4xRP , still newish.
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In the long term things like health system, education, sanitation boil down to "develop your country" which isn't particularly easy to chunk
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Nah, sounds to me like YOU don't realize that no one means this.
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You fight something when it's too high. When it's cut down to size, you stop. You don't kill it off completely.
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I am fighting global warming. I don't want the world to be at absolute zero. I want it to be at the right number. It's not rocket science.
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So when right wingers say taxes are too high, they all, universally, want to go to zero taxes. Got it.
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I don't think most are saying "Larry, please don't start Google." Most are saying "Larry pay a ton of taxes after you founded google."
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Most of the top 0.1% didn't start Google, but instead inherited it. Like aristocracy. Larry can have it!
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if you read it that way, you wilfully misread the speaker's intent - which you're welcome to do, but it's solipsism. i prefer comprehension.
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We are saying it and you are an example of why it needs to happen. Economic inequality is bad and you are bad.
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