Originally Posted By: Derid
So why is unequal wealth distribution so bad in the first place?


We already covered this in excruciating detail.

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That people closer to the bottom can still live well, or that nobody has more than they do? The gap between the living standards of the 70percentile and the 1 percentile of the population in the USA is lower than in any society in history.


If you compare to medieval societies, perhaps you are right. Not so much if you compare to any other First-World country at the preset time.

It boggles my mind that you'd make these claims when I linked data showing POVERTY IN USA at record high levels. You do know what BELOW POVERTY LINE means, right?

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