>Why should a rich person be able to experience luxury more often than a poor person?
Why would you work harder to get rich if you don't get anything for it?
Why would you work harder to get rich if you don't get anything for it?
this comment wouldn't be nonsense if we lived in a political economy where money came exclusively from working hard / hazardous / difficult jobs, but in case you forgot, plenty of rich people have never worked a day in their lives and either lucked into an inheritance or sit on their ass and cash rent / dividend checks
Imagine a scenario where you could banish your children to a hellish, poverty-stricken existence -- but their peers would be even worse off than that. Alternatively, you could give your children a happy, comfortable life, but all of their peers would be equal to them.
Are you seriously suggesting that you would choose the first option, not the second one?
Obviously I want my own children to live the best possible life I can give them, but I want their peers to do well, too. It is crazy to me to care only about your children's status in their community, rather than their absolute wellbeing and the wellbeing of the community they are a part of.