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Nature article suggests that we cannot afford the rich

Why the world cannot afford the rich

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3

Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.

Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.

14 comments

Pandantic

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These problems don’t just hit the poorest individuals, although the poorest are most badly affected. Even affluent people would enjoy a better quality of life if they lived in a country with a more equal distribution of wealth, similar to a Scandinavian nation. They might see improvements in their mental health and have a reduced chance of becoming victims of violence; their children might do better at school and be less likely to take dangerous drugs.

You see, “upper-middle class”, you can benefit too, stop voting against it!

nkat2112

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This is a very interesting point and it makes perfect sense.

andrew

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I'm already voting for it, for sure. I feel like many of us on Lemmy are likely upper middle and in favor of more equality.

Pandantic

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I wasn’t yelling a lemmy upper middle class people, I was yelling at the shithead upper middle class people. I’m looking at you Florida!

Binthinkin

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No shit. We proved 20 years ago they were leeches on society and should be taxed back into reality. What did Congress do? Consistent blank checks to the wealthy, a weaker FCC, a weaker SEC, and a human trash billionaire scumbag who stole an election.

This isn’t new news. Wake up kids. VOTE for yourselves not for the wealthy.

Cowbee

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As long as money infests politics, this problem will continue, regardless of how the public votes.

some_guy

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I feel like this is a tautological conclusion, but that's just me trying to use a word I learned in the last few years.

Here's an observation: a death in the family resulted in an inheritance. I was advised that I'd be subject to higher taxes in my state than family members in another state. Someone suggested that was bad. I countered that I was happy that my tax dollars would go to my state / community. They seemed surprised.

Our enemy is not just the rich. They are everyone who fails to see the problem.