Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.
These problems don’t just hit the poorest individuals, although the poorest are most badly affected. Even affluent people would enjoy a better quality of life if they lived in a country with a more equal distribution of wealth, similar to a Scandinavian nation. They might see improvements in their mental health and have a reduced chance of becoming victims of violence; their children might do better at school and be less likely to take dangerous drugs.
You see, “upper-middle class”, you can benefit too, stop voting against it!
This is a very interesting point and it makes perfect sense.
I’m already voting for it, for sure. I feel like many of us on Lemmy are likely upper middle and in favor of more equality.
No shit. We proved 20 years ago they were leeches on society and should be taxed back into reality. What did Congress do? Consistent blank checks to the wealthy, a weaker FCC, a weaker SEC, and a human trash billionaire scumbag who stole an election.
This isn’t new news. Wake up kids. VOTE for yourselves not for the wealthy.
As long as money infests politics, this problem will continue, regardless of how the public votes.
I feel like this is a tautological conclusion, but that’s just me trying to use a word I learned in the last few years.
Here’s an observation: a death in the family resulted in an inheritance. I was advised that I’d be subject to higher taxes in my state than family members in another state. Someone suggested that was bad. I countered that I was happy that my tax dollars would go to my state / community. They seemed surprised.
Our enemy is not just the rich. They are everyone who fails to see the problem.
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A. Rude B. Missed his point
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But I worked extra hard. If there isn’t a scale of shitty, how can I lord it over those that I perceive as not contributing as much me.
If making people miserable is what’s makes me happy, then making myself miserable in the process is clearly worth it. /s
Spite is the mind-killer. Spite is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
My personal view - I think closely related to your point - is that in-group out-group thinking is the root of most of our major issues
Completely agree, it unfortunately seems to be innate in so many people
I was thinking more of a dine and dash…
