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RE: Philosophy 101, #7: What is Meta-Utopia?

in #philosophy8 years ago (edited)

Tricky it is, yes. And there is no easy solution. But it is not impossible either, and the key I believe is education. Like you say about the minimum wage; people push for it because they mistakenly believe that it is beneficial. With improved economic understanding, people can realise that minimum wage laws are a bad idea. Similarly, people can learn to understand that a market economy is not a zero-sum game, and they can learn to see the difference between those who acquired wealth by providing productive services for others (like entrepreneurs) and those who acquired wealth by extracting it from others by force or fraud (like politicians), and direct their natural feelings of envy and animosity only towards the latter group.

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the key I believe is education.

I agree 100%.