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Wealth isn’t zero sum but power over law (as defined by who has influence over the rules we live by) is. When you have concentration of power due to concentrat
by dontreact 4y ago
Wealth isn’t zero sum but power over law (as defined by who has influence over the rules we live by) is.
When you have concentration of power due to concentration of wealth, the society will become unstable and undemocratic.
So even though wealth isn’t zero sum, wealth inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed for long term stability.
- AuthorizedCust 4y ago> Wealth isn’t zero sum but power over law… Religious extremism isn’t coming mainly from the wealthy. It’s dominantly a lower-strata southern thing, with notable metastases all around the country, yet it plays strongly in the US system. That some wealthy co-opt the extremists doesn’t change the above.
- momdad420 4y ago[dead]
- 29athrowaway 4y agoIf you have a tornado coming straight at your house with your family inside you will be praying I guarantee you. If you lived in a sparse, lonely place, with a bad economy, maybe joining a church starts sounding like a good idea. Instead of judging people consider yourself lucky.
- AuthorizedCust 4y agoNice strawman. I wrote “extremism”. You’re responding to something else.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoThen who are the southern religious extremists? name them.
- AuthorizedCust 4y agoLook at the main Christian denominations associated with extremism, then look at where their main strength is. You’ll find a correlation to the US south. As an example, look at the Global Methodist Church, which is liberating bigoted congregations from the United Methodist church. So far, it’s main (but not exclusive!) strength is in the south.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoI am more worried about the ideology that has killed the most humans: communism.
- dontreact 4y agoI don’t believe that this voting bloc is actually voting in its best interests. The power rests more with the people who are able to manipulate it.