some ppl unreally argue that 'if th $15/hr person's skills, talents, knowldge are worth more, they'll get paid more' - ie, they believe that pay is proportnl to merit [in capitalism], and critcsm of others' high pay is envy [not a sense of justce]
is this because these ppl are still thinkng in a hunter-gatherer mindset? ie, are they thinkng: if a person is more successful in the hunt, then it is only envy to resent it, and unjust to think you have a right to part of it? ie, they are still thinking in terms of a pre- job-specialisatn- trading- pooling- money society? - we had to trade when we specialised in jobs - and money came along to facilitate trade - effectively wealth [products of work] are pooled - but trade introduced the imp of transaction [workvalue of items traded HAVE to be diff, richgetricher] causing ever-escalating violence, violence [war and weaponry] and injustice growing for 1000s of yrs, culminating soon in nuclear winter, universal death
our root error???????
2006-10-07 23:47:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics