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what is all politics, if not 'redistribution of wealth'?
the only people who say 'redistribution of wealth' as if it's (1) a bad thing or (2) exclusive to the income and assets of the 1% are people whose faith in the confidence fairies of the free market are not shaken - not even when they realize their entire belief system is predicated on a tautological argument (i.e., the outcomes of the free market are fair - therefore not to be distrupted - because they are the outcomes of the free market).
the government spends a dollar - on a condom, on a missile, on a tax cut - no part of it is *not* redistribution of wealth. the allocation of resources in the face of competing interests is what politics accomplishes. to call only a portion of it 'redistribution of wealth' is dangerously silly (dangerous because people believe it).
the only people who say 'redistribution of wealth' as if it's (1) a bad thing or (2) exclusive to the income and assets of the 1% are people whose faith in the confidence fairies of the free market are not shaken - not even when they realize their entire belief system is predicated on a tautological argument (i.e., the outcomes of the free market are fair - therefore not to be distrupted - because they are the outcomes of the free market).
the government spends a dollar - on a condom, on a missile, on a tax cut - no part of it is *not* redistribution of wealth. the allocation of resources in the face of competing interests is what politics accomplishes. to call only a portion of it 'redistribution of wealth' is dangerously silly (dangerous because people believe it).