The Great Leveler mistakes correlation & causation

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Jul 11, 2020
2:31:11pm

BYU'01 Playmaker

The Great Leveler mistakes correlation & causation

Unfree societies generally end in violence and catastrophes and have unequal wealth distribution. There isn't really any precedent where a society enjoying personal liberties, property rights and rule of law devolved into violence and anarchy due to income inequality.

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BYU'01

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Time

America has a problem....

RexIdaCoug

7/11/20 9:54am

*drivel

SJS

7/11/20 9:54am

Thanks. Talk to text got me on that one.

RexIdaCoug

7/11/20 9:55am

RE: Thanks. Talk to text got me on that one.

SJS

7/11/20 11:17am

When a society grows more unequal unrest and leftward lurches seem inevitable.

ReyOso

7/11/20 10:08am

Agree. Inequality is definitely a tough topic to address, but we ignore to our

dfudge

7/11/20 10:16am

Automation is just going to make this worse.

a priori

7/11/20 10:28am

Agree. We are shifting more and more to a knowledge based economy which is

dfudge

7/11/20 10:42am

I don’t disagree, but in some ways knowledge is easier to automate than

2018grad

7/11/20 11:33am

There are definitely some white collar jobs that will be easier to automate than

dfudge

7/11/20 1:14pm

Agreed. Hopefully the right doesn’t ignore it long enough to get a too far left

2018grad

7/11/20 1:38pm

The eyerolls and laughs are why we're in this mess. Zero desire to compromise.

ReyOso

7/11/20 10:17am

You might be wrong with your Covid fear mongering, but you are correct on this.

BYUtka

7/11/20 10:19am

Handouts will not solve the disparities. People need to work.

Taysom 4 Heisman

7/11/20 10:32am

Who here was suggesting handouts were the answer?

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 10:37am

I didn't say anyone is.

Taysom 4 Heisman

7/11/20 10:56am

What labor reform has this administration pushed for?

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 11:42am

Stopping illegal immigration and slowing legal immigration.

Taysom 4 Heisman

7/11/20 1:14pm

So getting more Americans unskilled jobs will raise wages? Genius

7/11/20 5:00pm

Fire China as our outsourced manufacturing and start bringing manufacturing back

RexIdaCoug

7/11/20 10:40am

Why can't we turn central America into a manufacturing hub? It would take years

Cougsanity

7/11/20 10:51am

The hard part is much of that inequality comes from the govt trying to fix it

wabluecoug

7/11/20 10:42am

Or go to school, work hard and earn more money.

slowhiteguy

7/11/20 12:54pm

The problem is they were told to go to school, but missed the part about getting

wabluecoug

7/11/20 12:59pm

If things don’t change as far as cost of education, I would encourage my kids to at least consider this route first

Mike Honcho

7/11/20 1:02pm

My electrician buddy makes bank. My oldest is only 12 and I'm already letting

wabluecoug

7/11/20 1:05pm

Yeah, just pull yourself up by your bootstraps

Freddimes

7/11/20 1:20pm

And the GOP ignores this sentiment at their own peril. Dismiss it if you want, but don’t wonder why Bernie is popular

Mike Honcho

7/11/20 1:24pm

Disgusting

Backcountry

7/11/20 1:39pm

Unfortunately I think that this is the reality for far too many young people,

dfudge

7/11/20 1:47pm

What if your IQ is 85? 40hrs a week @ $9 /hr? This is a recipe for disaster.

valleus

7/11/20 3:34pm

The numbers of people even below an IQ of 85 is significant as well.

dfudge

7/11/20 4:03pm

Indeed. Half the population is below 100.

valleus

7/11/20 5:06pm

Forget BLM, etc. Our kids will see massive revolt and civil unrest due to this

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 10:38am

Companies everywhere keep giving similar percentage raises to their workforce

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 10:41am

If you don’t like your current pay go do something more valuable

BYU'01

7/11/20 11:00am

Missed my point but OK

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 11:42am

I must have. Not trying to duel.

BYU'01

7/11/20 1:16pm

And not to boast but I'm on the benefiting end of my example.

Uncle Bluto

7/11/20 11:44am

Funny, Andy should know better

BYU'01

7/11/20 10:49am

“I remember the days when money was earned and not distributed” - when, exactly, was that?

spinner

7/11/20 11:10am

And how are people "earning" money from the stock market?

Styro

7/11/20 12:36pm

Which unfree market has been better to the masses?

BYU'01

7/11/20 1:41pm

The poor live better than ever before, yet somehow because the wealthy also have

delbert

7/11/20 1:43pm

This is an unfortunate reality. History also bears out that when society gets

dfudge

7/11/20 2:06pm

The Great Leveler mistakes correlation & causation

BYU'01

7/11/20 2:31pm

What good is a 65” tv if you are at risk of being homeless every two weeks.

valleus

7/11/20 5:10pm

That's not even a picture of american money!

7/11/20 1:48pm

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