Capitalism creates inequality. Nature creates inequality. Different socioeconomic systems reward different natural inequalities – intelligence, physical health, strength, and beauty – by the incentives they create. Capitalism rewards the “bourgeois values” at which the left sneers: thrift, honesty, persistence, hard work, prudence, tolerance, and civility. Socialism rewards ruthlessness. Material inequality is the inescapable result of … Continue reading Socialist Claims About Capitalism 2