I delayed sending this because it's a bit off topic of AoIR issues. But since it's mid summer, I thought perhaps others might be willing in continuing this part of the conversation... Eduardo Villanueva wrote:
Inequality is wrong, I concur;
Value statements such as this may be irrefutable, and therefore have limited utility. Nonetheless, inequality is an inescapable fact of social life. It can perhaps be minimized, but cannot be eliminated.
at the same, unless capitalism is completely replaced by something else, it is an inevitable consequence of an specific economic structure.
Capitalism is not very specific, has possibly never been pure, is probably inevitable under any purported alternative, and is not the only economic structure that produces inequality. -eg