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That's the problem with black and white thinking, it takes away the grey shades we have in the real world. It's not the inequality per se, it's the degree of inequality that is the issue. When some people have billions and some people live under bridges with nothing but the clothes on their backs THAT is too much inequality. Like in the eastern religious outlook where one seeks to find the middle path, to remain in balance. Enforced hunger is a good example of a situation with shades of grey. You can be just a bit peckish or you can be dead from starvation, but there are many gradations in between. In much of the European Union they have limited the amount that can be paid to a CEO to something like 1000 times what the lowest paid employee gets just so that they can limit the concentration of wealth and keep the disparity between rich and poor mor narrow.

<blockquote data-quote="Mare Tranquillity" data-source="post: 131008" data-attributes="member: 434"><p>That&#039;s the problem with black and white thinking, it takes away the grey shades we have in the real world.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the inequality per se, it&#039;s the degree of inequality that is the issue.&nbsp; When some people have billions and some people live under bridges with nothing but the clothes on their backs THAT is too much inequality.&nbsp; Like in the eastern religious outlook where one seeks to find the middle path, to remain in balance.&nbsp; Enforced hunger is a good example of a situation with shades of grey.&nbsp; You can be just a bit peckish or you can be dead from starvation, but there are many gradations in between.&nbsp; In much of the European Union they have limited the amount that can be paid to a CEO to something like 1000 times what the lowest paid employee gets just so that they can limit the concentration of wealth and keep the disparity between rich and poor mor narrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mare Tranquillity, post: 131008, member: 434"] That's the problem with black and white thinking, it takes away the grey shades we have in the real world. It's not the inequality per se, it's the degree of inequality that is the issue. When some people have billions and some people live under bridges with nothing but the clothes on their backs THAT is too much inequality. Like in the eastern religious outlook where one seeks to find the middle path, to remain in balance. Enforced hunger is a good example of a situation with shades of grey. You can be just a bit peckish or you can be dead from starvation, but there are many gradations in between. In much of the European Union they have limited the amount that can be paid to a CEO to something like 1000 times what the lowest paid employee gets just so that they can limit the concentration of wealth and keep the disparity between rich and poor mor narrow. [/QUOTE]

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