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by constantius 28 days ago
So your post got flagged, and I wonder what was controversial about it.

Wouldn't you agree that this zero-sum quality ultimately stems from increasing wealth inequality?

While scarcity is a reality indeed, more egalitarian societies, where life can be satisfactory whether you've studied with billionaire kids or in your town's vocational college, the issue is much lesser.

I'd argue measures that reduce wealth inequality would be the solution.

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I'm from Korea, and people often flag my comments as 'GEN AI' I really don't care about the reports. It just happens because non-native speakers tend to rely on the same formal dictionary words that LLMs use. Regardless of that, here is my take: the extreme widening of wealth inequality is a serious systemic issue