>>3433>At what point in human history during the last few thousand years wasn't there poverty and inequalityWealth inequality varies greatly during history. Last century during the period of social democracy it was relatively low. During the Soviet Union it was lower still.
Low wealth inequality correlates with
- strong economic performance
- fast technological progress
- improving human health and rising life expectancy
- increasing personal freedom
- lower levels of political and cultural repression
- less war
- more scientific advancement
- rising sophistication and originality in cultural production.
High wealth inequality correlates with
- stagnating or declining economic performance
- sluggish technological progress
- decreasing human health and declining life expectancy
- decreasing personal freedom
- rising levels of political and cultural repression
- more war
- blocking of scientific advancement
- cultural production becoming repetitive.
During periods of High wealth inequality, there always are reactionary voices that attempt to normalize this travesty of civilizational decline.
The fact remains low wealth inequality is species being for humans. High wealth inequality is something that ruling classes artificially impose by wasting enormous resources on repression and means of control, which diverts away resources from vital functions that are required for human civilization to thrive. Basically high wealth inequality is for civilization like driving a car in first gear with the hand-break engaged. There is no justification to impose something as retarded and inefficient as high wealth inequality on society just because there is historic precedent. People in the past tried all sorts of idiotic nonsense, there is no reason or justification to repeat the mistakes of the past.