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Jan. 24th, 2014 02:04 pmНе поленился прокомментировать у Брюса Шнайера https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/01/income_inequali.html с подачи
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There was an actual experiment of "ubiquitous equality", the USSR. Of course, the party leaders were "much more equal than the others", to quote "1984", but let's put that part aside for now. Let's also put aside the question of stealing from the government and in general of obtaining the benefits from the government.
But even if we look at the equal common people, we'll find that they were stealing from each other like there is no tomorrow. Anything that was not nailed down got stolen, and the nailed stuff was un-nailed and also stolen. So the income inequality has nothing to do with it.
What does? First, the morality of the society. Theft was officially considered bad but in practice it was seen as cool. Everyone boasted to their friends, how they've managed to steal something. And I'm not talking about the "troubled youth", I'm talking about everyone of every age. Second, the punishment and lack thereof. All this theft largely went unpunished. And third, the irresponsibility, the said feeling of no tomorrow. The soviet propaganda said, "the confidence for the future" but it basically translated to every day bringing the next hand-out. Just spend what you're given, steal what you can and also spend. There will be more handed out tomorrow. Or you can lose everything tomorrow including possibly your life, it's not up to you, it's up to the high powers. There were no consequences for your own actions. If you try to save, you're guaranteed to lose it, either because someone will steal it or because the government will consider your saving a crime.
There was an actual experiment of "ubiquitous equality", the USSR. Of course, the party leaders were "much more equal than the others", to quote "1984", but let's put that part aside for now. Let's also put aside the question of stealing from the government and in general of obtaining the benefits from the government.
But even if we look at the equal common people, we'll find that they were stealing from each other like there is no tomorrow. Anything that was not nailed down got stolen, and the nailed stuff was un-nailed and also stolen. So the income inequality has nothing to do with it.
What does? First, the morality of the society. Theft was officially considered bad but in practice it was seen as cool. Everyone boasted to their friends, how they've managed to steal something. And I'm not talking about the "troubled youth", I'm talking about everyone of every age. Second, the punishment and lack thereof. All this theft largely went unpunished. And third, the irresponsibility, the said feeling of no tomorrow. The soviet propaganda said, "the confidence for the future" but it basically translated to every day bringing the next hand-out. Just spend what you're given, steal what you can and also spend. There will be more handed out tomorrow. Or you can lose everything tomorrow including possibly your life, it's not up to you, it's up to the high powers. There were no consequences for your own actions. If you try to save, you're guaranteed to lose it, either because someone will steal it or because the government will consider your saving a crime.
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Date: 2014-01-25 12:59 am (UTC)To quote "Animal Farm", of course.
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Date: 2014-01-25 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-02 08:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-02 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-03 12:27 am (UTC)И Джини - это не "сравнение богатства", а сравнение дохода. Причём, они говорят про 0.38 только по городскому населению. В целом по больнице, видимо, ещё выше.
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Date: 2014-05-03 01:28 am (UTC)