But, like i said, if women drive trains or work on the assembly line, i think they ought to get the same money as the men. Period.
Well, I say that is an interesting philosophical position to hold but if you want it validated, start a business and pay the same rates and see if it works out for you. Compete; don't waste energy trying to coerce the other guy to be you. If, as you seem to believe, there is no economic advantage or distinction which justifies paying women eighty cents to a man's dollar then your firm will be at an economic advantage because you are not hindered by what appears to be an irrational prejudice.
...they went on strike and got more money. And somehow, this did not cause the coolapse of Western Civilisation...
There is quite a lot damage and injustice which can be done which will not cause the immediate collapse of Western Civilization. Someone burgling your house will probably not cause the immediate collapse of Western Civilization but that is no reason anyone should favor it.
"Social Justice" is an oxymoron. Justice is about rendering unto individuals as their individual actions merit. Individuals think and act. Individuals bear responsibility. "Social Justice" is the epitome of injustice: it is judging and penalizing or rewarding individuals based solely upon group memberships whose qualities and circumstances are arbitrarilly assigned by various factions according to the political power of those factions.
As for your last paragraph, I will concede a certain amount of correlation. Of course, one can diagnose problems that tend to be correlated: crime, teenage pregnancy, drug and alchol addiction, and income disparity, and be completely wrong about root causes. You get less of all of these problems where there is freedom and mobility. The more political organizations attempt to coercively interfere with human liberty in the misguided attempt to rig outcomes, the more of all of those problems their society gets.
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Re: The nature of wages
Date: 10/4/11 23:17 (UTC)Well, I say that is an interesting philosophical position to hold but if you want it validated, start a business and pay the same rates and see if it works out for you. Compete; don't waste energy trying to coerce the other guy to be you. If, as you seem to believe, there is no economic advantage or distinction which justifies paying women eighty cents to a man's dollar then your firm will be at an economic advantage because you are not hindered by what appears to be an irrational prejudice.
There is quite a lot damage and injustice which can be done which will not cause the immediate collapse of Western Civilization. Someone burgling your house will probably not cause the immediate collapse of Western Civilization but that is no reason anyone should favor it.
"Social Justice" is an oxymoron. Justice is about rendering unto individuals as their individual actions merit. Individuals think and act. Individuals bear responsibility. "Social Justice" is the epitome of injustice: it is judging and penalizing or rewarding individuals based solely upon group memberships whose qualities and circumstances are arbitrarilly assigned by various factions according to the political power of those factions.
As for your last paragraph, I will concede a certain amount of correlation. Of course, one can diagnose problems that tend to be correlated: crime, teenage pregnancy, drug and alchol addiction, and income disparity, and be completely wrong about root causes. You get less of all of these problems where there is freedom and mobility. The more political organizations attempt to coercively interfere with human liberty in the misguided attempt to rig outcomes, the more of all of those problems their society gets.