Yes, that’s true. But it might be difficult for you (or for anyone) to get all 10 million of those people in Chad to recognize that, since there will be a whole lot of bias that you will have to overcome, multiplied by 10 million.
The amount of inequality in the world may not be very salient to the citizens of Chad on account of their geographic distance from wealthy people and low access to information. I don’t know what the situation is there—I guess this is an empirical matter.
In the United States, the factor that you mention pushes in the direction of the desirability of redistribution of wealth. There are other factors that push against the desirability of redistribution of wealth. I’m presently agnostic on the subject of exactly how much the US government should redistribute wealth.
Yes, that’s true. But it might be difficult for you (or for anyone) to get all 10 million of those people in Chad to recognize that, since there will be a whole lot of bias that you will have to overcome, multiplied by 10 million.
Agreed.
The amount of inequality in the world may not be very salient to the citizens of Chad on account of their geographic distance from wealthy people and low access to information. I don’t know what the situation is there—I guess this is an empirical matter.
In the United States, the factor that you mention pushes in the direction of the desirability of redistribution of wealth. There are other factors that push against the desirability of redistribution of wealth. I’m presently agnostic on the subject of exactly how much the US government should redistribute wealth.