The idea that some are more wealthy–sometimes much more wealthy–than others is very disturbing to the Left. They believe they hold the moral position with their policies because they are working toward equality.
You have to wonder, though, unless they are pursuing this type of equality themselves, freely divesting themselves of their own wealth so that the poorer might benefit. But why would a person want to see funds extorted from the wealthiest and to trust an untrustworthy government to distribute that wealth, unless to preserve their own standard of living?
There was an experiment in communal farming/sharing similar to the Soviet one at the early Plymouth settlement. It also failed – see Of Plymouth Plantation pp. 216-217 (“torne” is corn)
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Envy, Equality, and Economic Destruction
May 26th, 2009 at 11:19 amThe idea that some are more wealthy–sometimes much more wealthy–than others is very disturbing to the Left. They believe they hold the moral position with their policies because they are working toward equality.
You have to wonder, though, unless they are pursuing this type of equality themselves, freely divesting themselves of their own wealth so that the poorer might benefit. But why would a person want to see funds extorted from the wealthiest and to trust an untrustworthy government to distribute that wealth, unless to preserve their own standard of living?
There was an experiment in communal farming/sharing similar to the Soviet one at the early Plymouth settlement. It also failed – see Of Plymouth Plantation pp. 216-217 (“torne” is corn)