I'd agree that where inequality is related to personal/individual proclivities & actions then you're right; the key Q. is what about the inequalities that are not due to those individual actions, either due to the effects of luck & happenstance, or where inequalities are engineered by political processes.
If we could easily divide off these two aspects then politics would be a lot easier... perhaps the difference is to which aspect we give the benefit of the doubt?
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In response to this post@ChrisMayLA6 If we're talking venn diagram time ;) I'd be perfectly happy to do something about wealth which has been gained only by having the government as a customer. On the other hand, I do not know how that could be, while also not ending up in a situation where the government would have to pay more, or have less choice, since no one good would want to do business with the government if profits where regulated.
Then you have obvious bribes and government incompetence, such as
@ChrisMayLA6 a region in Stockholm buying medical socks for 500 EUR a pair, which is just silly. I don't think anyone would cry if the company selling those socks had to leave some of their profits on the table.
As for luck, everyone has their good and bad days, and it would be impossible to balance it. I can live happily with my neighbour being lucky, and will rejoice with him. By its very nature, it is nothing that affects me, if we're talking lotteries and such things.
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