How Diabolic Is The Unfair Distribution Of The World's Wealth?

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Normally, the world has enough resources to actually cater for many more human beings scattered about the many geographical locations all over the world more than we actually know.

Each and every country has more than enough resources to run the country, providing essential reward situation for citizens who can bring skills, knowledge and efficiency to the table but the fact that there's unfair distribution of wealth all over the world is why we often have to deal with scarcity in the midst of plenty. The world hardly works with merit system, I mean in some places, the merit system still works but then in the world majorly we have people who are earning huge salaries for actually doing nothing.

This means that distribution sometimes works based on portfolio, familiarity, past achievements, status or standing. This is to say that unfair distribution makes it possible to keep the the larger percentage of the world's wealth in a small population while having the larger population make do with a smaller percentage of wealth.

This is of course creating artificial scarcity. One of the main reason why wealthy people continuous seek for more wealth isn't just because they want to be wealthier, another reason they do so is to continually have the opportunity to merit special consideration especially when it comes to being favoured by the government when it comes to the enactment of financial policies.

Another reason is that; Wealth brings a validation of security, assurance and certainty. In Nigeria for example it's easier for a wealthy person to scam someone who is average and seeking to climb the ladder and why is this? This is because it's a psychological phenomenon.

When rich people talk, people who aren't rich sees their statements as validations, they see it as code of conduct which they should follow, they see wealthy people as their muse and hence this makes them suceptible to be swindled. So many start up businesses are actually broke but then they have to "fake it" to buy the assurance of people. So it is easier to award a contract to an individual who looks or seem wealthy already simply because their wealth gives them the validation of qualification.


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In reality, it's easier to have more money when you're already richer than it is when you actually aren't. This is how you know that the merit system isn't fundamentally functioning. we just feel that it's functional, in theory, it is, but theoretically it isn't more than we actually know of. However this isn't to say the merit system is perfect.

It fosters equality and it will even aid redistribution accordingly, this would certain function well in a dystopian future but currently let's take a look at how wealthy people becomes even wealthier. With the way the world is currently working, we have to say it's capitalist in nature. This means individual and organisational freedom to use whatever means to secure wealth and money no matter how unfair it might seem.

This is how wealthy people builds chain, builds connection, gets the government to be on their side, Influence policies at federal levels of which they will have only gotten just by being wealthy. But then being wealthy isn't easy in the first place. No matter how diabolic it seems, the world will continue to work this way because it's a the psychology of money and sometimes we ourselves key into this system unknowningly.

The world however will be rid of corruption if the merit system kicks in fully but then like I said earlier it has it perks. The world needs people who would do the "dirty things" behind the scenes and this are people who sleep and wake taking the riskiest decisions ever. This is why powerful people might decided the outcome of the world for a very long time to come.




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You bring up some good points. Just for the sake of argument, let's turn some of that around and look at it from a new light.

We know that one person cannot change the world by themselves. It is often one person with the assistance of many hard working and talented people. In that regard, they are leaders.

We also know that people don't just give away their money. They have to exchange it for something they value. For example, if you're thirsty, you will pay for water. If you are hungry, you will pay for food. If you need shelter, you pay for shelter. We pay for entertainment, transportation, and many other things we value more than money. With this in mind, the secret to getting rich is to provide people with what they want and need so that they willingly give you their money in exchange.

If you, as a leader, are looking to do the most good for society, you would provide the most goods for the most people. You can't do this out of your own pocket because you don't have money. However, if you set up a business to attract investment and provide the good or service for a large number of people, you get rewarded with their money. That money provides a living for your team and for you so that you can continue to provide for the community.

Let's say that you are having trouble expanding your business to serve more people. There are laws that hinder your ability to serve people in a more efficient way, so you talk to politicians about changing the law. You do this because it's a team effort. Your successful business relies on teamwork from your employees, your suppliers, your government officials, and other parties. Imagine how difficult it is to manage a family. Multiply that by 1000.

Imagine you are responsible for feeding 100 employees. 500 employees. 5000 employees. As a leader, if you fail, it affects the lives of your team. And, because you are good at working with others, you use your relationships to help you provide for your people. Do you talk to the guy who has no money, no responsibility, and no clue? Or, do you talk to government leaders and other company executives who share similar responsibilities?

This is a simple view of the other side of the coin. Obviously, some are motivated by greed. They are willing to do the difficult things simply to earn more money. But, ultimately, they still have to provide something of value that people are willing to buy, even if they are greedy bastards.

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This is very logical. However do you know that some people are caught up in the system where they put in the needed effort and work and yet they cannot still get the monetary value they deserve, sometimes I feel that this can be psychological from a different point of view. Maybe I have written this based on the sentiments and where I come from but then I am trying to relay a different experience for how distribution can seem like in this part of the world. This is to say that the value does not equal value and sometimes non-value can even equal to more value and this sometimes is the case. Thanks for taking this from a different point of view.


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I understand, in principle, what you mean. However, it brought thoughts of what others may have felt at different times in history. What kind of economic desperation led the Russians to institute communism with the murder of millions of people? Or, the Chinese to murder millions to institute communism? Or, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? Cuba? Venezuela? Some nations in Africa have tried their hand at communism/socialism as well.

I think in many of these places, the socialists took advantage of the public's sense of unfairness to convince them that killing people would bring about better living conditions. Later, people found out that instead of making people's lives better, everybody became equal in their suffering. Misery is fairly spread out to everybody. Prosperity doesn't come from these systems. It wasn't until China started allowing some capitalism that they have been able to prosper.

Getting back to your sense of fairness. I can understand. I would just caution you that perhaps there are others who feel the same way. And, there are those ready and waiting to take advantage of your unhappiness to gain control. And it almost always results in murdering any opposition. And it almost always results in putting people in control who have no knowledge or experience doing what the people who were murdered were doing.

I think you are right to sense the unfairness and call it out. And I think there are others like you where you live. I guess the question is how does this get resolved? I suspect some of the problem is institutional. Do you overthrow the institutions? Some might be cultural. Do you subjugate the people? Some of it might be personal. Do you seize control of yourself and demand that you live up to your own idea of fairness? These are serious philosophical questions that often become more than philosophical. They can become justification to do terrible things.

Like I said, you make valid points. I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you. I probably brought up more questions that may not have answers. It is like that an individual, like yourself, is powerless to change your society. Or, perhaps change is possible, except that it would require generations to achieve.

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This is how you know that the merit system isn't fundamentally functioning.

I think it is somewhat functional. All a person needs is to learn how to read and write, along with spare time. Whoever has this can use the wealth elevator. But how many people are trying to understand the system so they can climb it? Very few. This is my opinion only if we are considering these people can access the internet and won't starve to death unless they work a 12 hour manual job.

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Well you are right, ignorance is a big problem. This is why a lot of people are not recognising the issue and trying to solve it. But then I also believe there are many choices to leverage how the system actually works but people are not yet aware of it


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Well I don't think the unfair distribution will ever end. The gap between the various classes is here to stay but I do think people's lives can get better over time as people pursue decentralized communities. With this, we can at least give people a chance to move away from the traditional system even if its only going to be for a little while.

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Well I believe that effort should equal value,but then due to a whole lot of factors the world hardly works this way. I believe that there is more to unfair distribution. One way to ending it or to at least reducing the impact apart from decentralized communities is to equate effort with value


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