If everyone made exactly the same salary, nobody would want to work. What motivates us is the ability to compare ourselves to others. Our limitless greed demands that we have some who dominate over others. Unless someone can have more than everyone else, there is no motivation to perform. Even if it made everyone's lives better, a large portion of us would demand that it is unfair for everyone to be treated as equals. We demand unfair, over and over.
@sirgeefive What? I would be deliriously happy if everybody made a living wage and nobody went homeless or hungry. I don't know what competition you are in, but count me out.
@elbutterfield I completely agree with you. I, too, would be happy if we were all the same.
@sirgeefive "All the same" is not the same as "all fed and housed". I enjoy the differences.
@elbutterfield I think that if we all earned the same amount, we would do what we loved, rather than what made us the most money. I think we manufacture scarcity to make sure that some have more than others. I think we, as a society need that to motivate us. I don't agree with it, as I find myself more on the line of let's make everything equal for everyone. I just acknowledge the reality of what we are.
@sirgeefive unfortunately, that's not how capitalism is built. and while what you're proposing is more akin to communism (proper theoretical communism & not what stands in for communism in the world), the problem is greed. we are greedy buggers. not all. but too many. so capitalism is the system that best feeds the human condition as the majority stands. @elbutterfield
@singlemaltgirl @elbutterfield I personally love communism (proper theoretic communism).
@sirgeefive Take a look at Norway. They are on the right track. When you take away the problems of housing, health care, and education you end up with a very happy country.