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[–] wipasoda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you do have a point in the sense that if we live in a utopia, I think there is good reason to think that it shouldn't matter what choices people make, they all get the same 'reward'/financial outcome/etc.

You said:

If the world has the resources to allow it, then why should one person be punished for chasing their joy while another is rewarded?

Yes okay, but what if there are limited resources? Or a world that needs improvement? Isn't it then better to incentivize people to work hard to make our world of limited resources a world of abundance? If yes, then it means to give those a higher reward at the expense of those who made "other choices".

Are we now living in a world of limited resources / that needs improvement? If yes, then it would probably be justified to take from those who made "other choices"

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who decides what deserves more wealth and respect? People don’t make rational decisions in this regard. Most of the time the people with more power will simply decide that their area of expertise deserves the most resources and respect.

[–] wipasoda@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago

true but generally speaking one could say he who makes abundance for us all, deserves more.