• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    “Widescale redistribution of wealth demonstrably doesn’t work”

    There’s never been a “demonstrable” case of a society dying from absolute wealth redistribution/equalization.

    Soviet Russia collapsed due to ongoing famines because of Lysenkoism. Had NOTHING to do with redistribution of wealth. It had to do with agricultural malpractice by a conman.

    …and even in that system, wealthy politicians and elites were getting most of the redistribution. Just like in Western Society today. So you really have no clue what you’re talking about when you say there’s been societies collapse from “too much equality”.

    Source1, Source2.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      So you really have no clue what you’re talking about

      If you understood what people were saying, I’d bet you’d be pissed off less…

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
        01·
        18 days ago

        Upward redistribution doesn’t work, but you can say that more clearly.

        Widescale redistribution of wealth demonstrably doesn’t work, but the thing is right now the problem has been redistributed into the hands of a select few and it’s killing everyone else.

        “…the problem…” ? The problem of wealth? You think it would be a problem if anyone else was wealthy? That’s not “the problem”. Because the topic is Wealth Redistribution (which generally means to the poor, and is thus not a problem).

        You’re writing in a “preaching to the choir” style, which is apathetic and has smuggies attached, rather than as a more direct appeal to all.