Comment by cryptonector
8 hours ago
But that does not address whether the wealth inequality in question causes despair (it almost certainly does not).
8 hours ago
But that does not address whether the wealth inequality in question causes despair (it almost certainly does not).
What makes you think wealth inequality doesn't cause despair? Despair strikes me as the expected and desired effect.
Hunger and struggling to pay one's bills -- those cause despair. Envy surely does not (and should not). And anyways the claim that relative wealth inequality (as opposed to actual poverty) causes despair is an extraordinary claim and it requires that you present extraordinary evidence.