[adventured]

> Which is more likely? Everyone lives like a European (from a consumption perspective)? Or a bunch of people don’t or die while some do?

There are no systems that can ever be created to actually balance out / eliminate inequality, outside of very small communities operated via extreme authoritarianism.

See: modern Sweden. A formerly highly effective welfare state, increasingly brought to its knees by poor immigrants (and it's going to get a lot worse over the coming decades). They can't remotely handle what's happening to their country in terms of inequality, despite how good they have been historically at managing it. France - also historically effective at managing a high quality of life welfare state - has entirely failed at managing a similar scenario, and for the same reasons.

The exact same principle applies globally as it does locally. It can't be done under any scenario. So yes, vast inequality will persist forever, as it has forever.

The end of inequality is when there are one or fewer humans remaining.

We don't have to guess at likelihoods (will everyone live like a European). The answer is known and certain. Even within Europe half the population can't afford to 'live like a European.'

[bbor]

You have some sources for “Sweden and France are failed countries”? Something tells me that’s not quite an objective take. “Inequality exists now so it will always” is also not the objective scientific take I think you’re implying it to be

[Nemrod67]

just a feeling of insecurity ;)

[hef19898]

At least those people moved on from raping refugees at German christmas markets and new year's eve celebrations. At least it some kind of progress...