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rob05c  ·  3228 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paul Graham: Economic Inequality

    You can't end economic inequality without preventing people from getting rich

    And this is just unsubstantiated bullshit.

More precisely, it's a straw man. It's technically true: if all incomes were equal, no one would be rich. If anyone were actually arguing that. Moreover, it makes a great launching point for a false dichotomy.