Comments on: Revisiting the topic of "economic injustice", with examples http://trilema.com/2013/revisiting-the-topic-of-economic-injustice-with-examples/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:38:05 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Wallmart or the Mall ? A debate. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2013/revisiting-the-topic-of-economic-injustice-with-examples/#comment-139604 Wallmart or the Mall ? A debate. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:11:39 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=51261#comment-139604 [...] wolves and dragons. This is just a friendly warning - we're having enough trouble keeping at bay the idiots who are also poor, by all accounts a thin sliver of the total population of idiots in the US & Western Europe. [...] [...] wolves and dragons. This is just a friendly warning - we're having enough trouble keeping at bay the idiots who are also poor, by all accounts a thin sliver of the total population of idiots in the US & Western Europe. [...]

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]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2013/revisiting-the-topic-of-economic-injustice-with-examples/#comment-96415 Mircea Popescu Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:14:03 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=51261#comment-96415 <blockquote>That means to make sure that rich people cannot trap currently poor people in a perpetuum slavery. They can certainly do that, and no amount (or too much) intelligence / value can overcome that.</blockquote> Restated like that it's certainly unassailable. No need to argue it further. The problems spring up once one notices that in this sense democracy is perhaps the worst possible arrangement, being the one system where the incentives to deny competence are strongest.

That means to make sure that rich people cannot trap currently poor people in a perpetuum slavery. They can certainly do that, and no amount (or too much) intelligence / value can overcome that.

Restated like that it's certainly unassailable. No need to argue it further.

The problems spring up once one notices that in this sense democracy is perhaps the worst possible arrangement, being the one system where the incentives to deny competence are strongest.

]]> By: Ceaushescu http://trilema.com/2013/revisiting-the-topic-of-economic-injustice-with-examples/#comment-96414 Ceaushescu Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:59:08 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=51261#comment-96414 I think you are underestimating the economists a bit. "Economic injustice" is not about stupid people vs smart people. It's not about geniuses either. Geniuses deserve to get rich, and most people accept that. "Economic injustice" is about how to make sure that your population as a whole promotes *value* as opposed to inheritance. That means to make sure that rich people cannot trap currently poor people in a perpetuum slavery. They can certainly do that, and no amount (or too much) intelligence / value can overcome that. Why is slavery bad? Well, let's just say that the societies which used that are no longer around... Of course, the discourse is not as strong. But even a bit of injustice and trapment, can delay promoting value in a society by too much. my 2 cents. I think you are underestimating the economists a bit. "Economic injustice" is not about stupid people vs smart people. It's not about geniuses either. Geniuses deserve to get rich, and most people accept that.

"Economic injustice" is about how to make sure that your population as a whole promotes *value* as opposed to inheritance. That means to make sure that rich people cannot trap currently poor people in a perpetuum slavery. They can certainly do that, and no amount (or too much) intelligence / value can overcome that.

Why is slavery bad? Well, let's just say that the societies which used that are no longer around...

Of course, the discourse is not as strong. But even a bit of injustice and trapment, can delay promoting value in a society by too much.

my 2 cents.

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