As we approach the November presidential election, I see a greater number of facebook posts from young friends decrying the economic disparity between the wealthy and the poor. So I want to bring the counterargument saying that parity as a goal, has issues too.

I find it most amusing, that most conservatives will claim to believe in a God of justice and love, but also believe that economically, Darwin was right – it is a game of the survival of the fittest. I find it equally ludicrous that most liberals who disavow any religion or God think that the best economic system is one of “enforced parity”, that some outside force should limit how rich the rich should get. This amuses me mostly, because those who believe that Darwin was right, should also be “OK” with opportunistic economic systems in which the poor are crushed, and the wealthy increase without bound, while those who believe in a God of justice and love should find such an opportunistic system distasteful or simply unacceptable. Continue reading →