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.