Quote:
Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
I'd say society carries the wealthy owners by giving them a UBI for doing absolutely no work.
That doesn't even make sense. The wealthy work much harder than the poor, the data on that is very clear.
And the idle rich have usually accumulated wealth through creating it for others. Who are you to say how they use it?
Besides, it's good in our society that some people be idle. People who didn't have to work for a living have done tremendous disproportionate good for society through the ages.
How do we determine who the idle should be? Lottery? Marxist decree? Eye color? To me it seems the fairest way to be idle is have a system of work credits that people can accumulate through hard/intelligent work, and then use those as they see fit. Oh wait, that's the system we have. Why do you like it less than the other ways, which seems far less fair and far more arbitrary? No system is perfect, but at least this one incentivizes contribution and what's more, intelligent ecosystem building contribution with positive externalities.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Cut
toothsayer looks at a dude born on third base and shouts NICE TRIPLE!
What is bizarre is talking about personal economic results on a poker forum and not believing in any sort of variance.
So because there is variance, it's unfair? We need to shut down the poker, casinos and lotteries immediately. I wonder if you feel the same disdain for poor lottery winners as you do for the working rich. I'll bet you don't.
I don't accept your premise that third base leads to a home run. A baseball analogy doesn't work here. Most inherited wealth is lost by the second generation. Unless you're highly economically productive, or prudent, you don't just get and stay filthy rich.
The real unfairness in life is an unfair distribution of talent, not wealth. Beauty, intelligence, conscientiousness, emotional stability/degree of neuroticism, innate social abilities, determine far more of your life's outcome and happiness than inherited wealth. And most are largely inherited qualities. If you really care about unearned inequality, you would be shouting down and de-privileging the beautiful. Why don't you?