A more equal distribution of wealth and more funding of public benefits such as education, health care and housing could do a great deal to ease the tensions roiling society, the book posits
No no no no no.
When will these leftists learn that consumption is not the only source of human satisfaction?
A rich guy and a poor guy could consume the same amount of goods, and the poor guy would still feel inferior to the rich guy, and the rich guy would still feel superior to the poor guy, and resentment would still fester
Until silly progressives learn that human happiness isn't u(c), we're never going to move forward.
u(c), we're never going to move forward.