Inequality Definition
Inequality is not the problem… it’s the way we think
about it that is the issue, IMHO.
Part of that
problem is that we believe we have communicated something
when we say “They are the same as each other” or “They are
not the same as each other” or “They need to be treated
the same”. Given any two things/people, there are
countless ways they could be the same and countless ways
they could be different and unless you specify the
particular sameness or difference you intend, calling
things “same” or “different” communicates nothing at all.
“They should be
paid the same” could mean:
· Same hourly pay
(which results in different annual pay if they work
different numbers of hours)
· Paid by the
same formula that relates salary to complexity of work as
assessed by time span
· Each paid
enough to cover their family’s needs
· Each paid
enough to cover their family’s needs, taking into
consideration what their spouse makes
· Etc. etc.
If inequality is the problem, what are the things or
factors that ought to be equal? Same opportunity? And what
would that mean, say, in regard to getting a particular
job?
applies has an equal chance
· Everyone has
the same opportunity to find out about the opportunity and
then has an equal chance to get the job
· Everyone with
the specified qualifications has the same opportunity
· Everyone with
the specified qualifications has the same opportunity and
those without those qualifications are given the
opportunity to acquire them
· Etc.
To say we have an inequality problem conveys no more
information than to say we have a problem.
I wanted this
article to be in our article bank because it points out a
particular set of important ideas that will have to be
dealt with over time — how we fund poverty.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/opinion/krugman-paranoia-of-the-plutocrats.html
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inequality, it turns out, creates a class of people who
are alarmingly detached from reality — and simultaneously
gives these people great power.
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The interesting thing about the quote is that
fractionalization is a naturally occurring phenomena
present at every level of human being… doing, having,
becoming, and contributing and until we find ways to
understand that in general the world works different than
we thought it did… we will keep getting the same
results…
Inequality is not
the problem… it’s the way we think about it that is the
issue, IMHO.
Inequality is a
fact of life.
The question
becomes when we use a lens that equality is the design
that I believe we start to race the engine of inequality;
go figure!
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