🤔 capitalism, violence, inequality

having a system in place that rewards net-value/benefit-creation is a good thing
- (IMO, current systems over-reward chance/being-in-the-right-place/communal-forces-out-of-the-individual's-control-being-the-primary-driver)
- this necessarily leads to inequality (proof needed)
inequality is not inherently bad
- say, given Rawlsian conception of justice, inequality may lead to better-value for everyone (absolutely), on-average, and for the bottom-most extreme
BUT, what is bad about inequality, is that it rewards "good actors" (who create a lot of net value) with a greater license for implied violence
- because property rights = implied violence
- reward is money is greater property rights
also, greater ability to capture the system-of-making rules
also, greater influence on market prices

2023-08-16

#ethics

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