Comments by "justgivemethetruth" (@justgivemethetruth) on "Ending Inequality!? What Does Real Equality Look Like?" video.

  1. One thing that comes to my mind every time I hear the term "Income Inequality" being used is the default mental framing that many people summon when they hear Income Inequality. The psychological framing is the networks that fire off that are close by in our brainspaces that affect how we then process a situation or argument. This framing is invented to spur argument and disagreement, to no useful end because it is ambiguous and emotional. Income Inequality , the term itself colors the frame of the argument in the opposite sense according to what is intended. In other words if we hear "income inequality" being mentioned by homeless guy outside of the super-market, I imagine that many Palo Altans would sigh and ignore it - which is part of the problem that has nothing to do with Income Inequality. In any case "Income Inequality" is an inexact term. The problem is not income it is justice and fairness. The problem is not inequality is it empowerment. Empowering people of their rights and realizing their Constitutional right to be free of exploitation, coercion, extortion, threats to survive and prosperity - especially which gets institutionalized into the system of government. The use of the term Income Inequality begets its own counter-argument as the opposing case always brings up the false argument of equal outcomes, which again is not what is intended. Defining a problem is more than half of the solution, but when a problem can be force-defined by repetition in the media, we even have more of a problem than Income Inequality.
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