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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
&gt;But the fact that this is not the case is the key to why this is a problem.

His point is that if there is some scenario in which "income inequality" is not incompatible with everyone's needs being provided for, then "income inequality" is not inherently the problem.

What does a CEO making millions have to do with a homeless drug addict sleeping on the street?
gpt
Because it would be pretty easy to take some of those millions and give it to the homeless guy instead, solving the problem for the homeless guy and barely affecting the CEO. And yeah you will probably disagree about the efficacy and morality of this situation, but that’s just arguing politics. If there is income inequality and poor people, then at least some people will agree that both can be eliminated with one policy.

Is income inequality to blame for bad conditions for the poor? I dunno, it’s pretty easy to imagine a scenario where income inequality exists but poor people fare well, but that doesn’t mean that situation is feasible in reality. It’s also pretty easy to argue that the rich having too much influence will exacerbate income inequality until the poor inevitably start to struggle. But regardless, today there exists income inequality as well as struggling poor people. So in the left’s opinion, there is an easy solution.

Edit: a lot of people are replying with reasons why wealth redistribution is dumb. It’s fine if you think that, that’s pretty much the classic disagreement between right and left. My point is simply explaining how income inequality and poverty are related. I fully expect all right wingers to disagree that this is the correct course of action though