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Originally Posted by Cherry7
It is not a matter of personal morality. We can say that a society working together has an average wage. The people earning less are being underpaid and those more overpaid. Some of this will reflect that some are lazy, unproductive, stupid or talented, hard working etc... but if a person is taking more than 10 times the average wage we can assume they are being paid more than they are creating due to their specific position in society.
What you do with the excess money is also important, and whether you support people who fight for a better more just society
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How deluded are you?
Yes a family living off an income of 10 times the average will ensure their children go to the best schools, get the best teachers and do all they can to ensure their children come out with the best education. It's cultural.
Sometimes these cultures are not just related to earnings. Often they're related to Nationality and background. Marks and Spencers was started by a man working all the hours he had to make his shop work. This has been repeated time and time again. Immigrants from certain countries will work very very hard to make sure their children rise above them, Jews from Eastern Europe, Greek Cypriots, Indian, Pakistani and Chinese, immigrants. Here we have a flourishing Vietnamese community who at the moment are first generation working in markets, second will rise to a better level.
They work for their goals. Under Communism the only goal worth working for was being a top Part Official. They got the big cars, houses, best schools, etc. The workers were paid to turn up and be there. They had no fear of losing their jobs. Full employment was a right, remember?
In Cuba a doctor lives on the same level as a road sweeper. Great reason to get an education, work hard, take on extra responsibility.
And that's why your dream is a delusion. It never has, never will and never can work.