Eugine_Nier comments on Political ideas meant to provoke thought - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 June 2014 01:54:45AM 7 points [-]

Re: Capitalism.

Even if we accept the premise that socialism reduces inequality, your argument boils down to that we should make the poor a little worse of (relative to where they'd be otherwise) in order to make the rich significantly worse of in the name of "fighting inequality".

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 23 June 2014 12:51:53PM *  -1 points [-]

All other things are not equal, and that can have nett benefits. See The Spirit Level.