'Short-term inequality remains a problem,' writes [right-wing scholar Dinesh] D'Souza... 'but is it a problem we can live with?' ...After searching his soul for a few seconds, he apparently concludes that we can live with it. Of course, inequality always feels like less of a problem to those who don't live in corrugated shacks, which is why sales of D'Souza's book have probably been brisker in Manhattan than in, say, Addis Ababa or Khartoum.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Privileged people often dismiss inequality because it does not affect them directly.
- In plain terms
- Those living comfortably find it easier to ignore the struggles of the poor.
- What can you take from it?
- Empathize with those affected by inequality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does location shape views on poverty?
- Why do some accept inequality?
Another view
Some accept inequality as an unavoidable cost of economic freedom.
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