The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Changes the Way We Think, Live and Die
The Origins of Wokeness
paulgraham.comEveryone cares about fairness, but there are two major kinds. On the left, fairness often implies equality, but on the right it means proportionality—people should be rewarded in proportion to what they contribute, even if that guarantees unequal outcomes.
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Where they diverge from liberals most sharply is on two measures: the Care foundation, where they score very low (even lower than conservatives), and on some new questions we added about economic liberty, where they score extremely high (a little higher than conservatives, a lot higher than liberals).
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
You can scoff at linking the rise of Trump to income inequality alone. And you should. These things are always layers of complexity deep. But it’s a key part of what drives people to think, “I don’t live in the world I expected. That pisses me off. So screw this. And screw you! I’m going to fight for something totally different, because this—whatev
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