What would it be like if everyone were financially equal?
By Sweety76
@Sweety76 (1594)
India
September 15, 2006 4:50pm CST
Don't say that it wouldn't be fair because there would be lazzy people that would't hold up there own; because, we have that now, and they're getting paid the big bucks for doing nothing. Most of them are government employees that don't spend more than 3 hours working, 3 times a week.
Sounds like communism, no because we would all be financially equal not just the gerneral public.
Scientist wouldn't want to do their job. That's fine, there are plenty of other things for them to do.
Everyone will have their fair share of shuvelling sh*t, so that no one's life will stink all the time.
4 responses
@amiksinha (1960)
• India
15 Sep 06
communism is setting prices equal, not income.
Total equality would involve no jobs, since there would be no incentive. We would revert to hunter gatherers, working in a community doing just what we need to do to get by.
Incentive would be gone and world would not be worth living.
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@amiksinha (1960)
• India
15 Sep 06
It'd last about 2 seconds because financial equality would depend on everything else's being equal: talent, ability, luck, opportunities, etc.
And that's never going to happen.
We all may be "created equal" in the eyes of God, but on this Earth, in the immortal words of George Orwell:
"Some are more equal than others."
@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
30 Sep 06
It would be a total failure. The creative and entrepreneurial types would have to be oppresses, which would result in an ovarall decline in the quality of life for all of us. Those of us who are hard workers would have no more incentive. Besides, hasn't this already been tried?
