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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
So 'blame the person who has less for them having less' is your answer in a nutshell.
In this situation, yes.
Originally Posted by Poopadoop
Let's take a different approach then. A and B are identical twin footballers and work equally hard. Both are drafted to the big leagues. On the day before signing his contract, B gets hit by a drunk driver, and suffers career-ending injuries.
What's the argument now for why A "deserves" £3m a year and B "deserves" £30k?
In this completely different situation, A can earn £3m/year, and B can earn £30k/year. What they can produce is what they deserve. B does not have a claim to what A is earning.
Whether or not B deserved to be hit by a drunk driver and the injuries that came with that is a completely different question, but I don't expect you to understand that because your first inclination is to define B as a victim.
And of course I have sympathy for your perspective. I just think it's better for everyone, on average, if that perspective is not the one that's used as the basis for policy.
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