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Income inequality in America has been growing rapidly, and is expected to increase [PDF]. While the widening wealth gap is a hot topic in the media and on the campaign trail, there's quite a disconnect between the perceptions of economists and those of the general public.
For instance, surveys show people tend to underestimate the income disparity between the top and bottom 20% of Americans, and overestimate the opportunity for poor individuals to climb the social ladder. Additionally, a majority of adults believe that corporations conduct business fairly despite evidence to the contrary and that the government should not act to reduce income inequality.
Even though inequality is increasing, Americans seem to believe that our social and economic systems work exactly as they should. This perspective has intrigued social scientists for decades. My colleague Andrei Cimpian and I have demonstrated in our recent research that these beliefs that our society is fair and just may take root in the first years of life, stemming from our fundamental desire to explain the world around us.
http://theconversation.com/lifes-not-fair-so-why-do-we-assume-it-is-45981
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 11 2015, @10:00AM
I have a problem with the wealthy who destroy the lives of millions for a sum of money, just because "they can."
Who's doing that on that scale? I find it's more the politicians who do that.
And here you demonstrate that you have swallowed their propaganda that they are separate classes.
There are only two main classes. The "Rulers*" and the "Ruled".
The "Ruled" is then broken up into sub-classes which are manipulated into fighting each other, so that they do not threaten the "Rulers".
* The "Rulers" are also known as the 1%, although theses days it is closer to the 0.1%.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday September 11 2015, @12:59PM
And here you demonstrate that you have swallowed their propaganda that they are separate classes.
And you've swallowed the propaganda that they aren't. The wealthier are more useful to the political class than you are so they get more privileges.