Comment on The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 months agoIs it though? There’s no border between rural Alabama and San Francisco. You don’t have to do anything but get there. And it’s a hell of a lot better to be homeless there than in Florida or Minnesota for purely meteorological reasons. Add in that one of the consequences of its vast wealth is that poor people can’t afford shit there anymore.
Wealth disparity creates crime. Especially crimes of protest such as the ones often plaguing self driving cars.
nivenkos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Income disparity is a good thing though - it’s how you encourage people to study, work hard and invest in themselves and the future.
Accumulated wealth disparity is bad, and I agree with strong land value tax, inheritance tax, etc. to try to address that.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some income disparity is good for the reasons you stated. I’m fully on board with a society where people can move from lower middle class to upper middle class. But too much and you’ve got people commuting 2 hours to serve fast food because they can’t afford to live anywhere near where their job is. Too much income disparity means some people make more than they can use and others make less than they need and areas crumble like that. If full time work doesn’t mean you get to live inside with less than ten roommates why not commit some crimes.
This also ignores the privilege inherent to being able to make these choices comfortably.