"Greater equality will reduce unhealthy and excess consumption, and will increase the solidarity and cohesion that are needed to make societies more adaptable in the face of climate and other emergencies." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ...
I think about the American Civil War. A very large percentage of people were more than happy to engage in any atrocities you could imagine if it meant they could socially superior. I'm not sanguine about increasing equality without violence.
Yeah, it's nice to get rid of that: "By accentuating differences in status and social class — for example, through the type of car someone drives, their clothing or where they live — inequality increases feelings of superiority and inferiority."
Using the Netherlands as good example 👀 how bsd are the other countries? Or they are considering NL from 80s-90s?