Have "haves" always used "trickle-down" arguements?
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Question: For as long as there have been "haves" and "have-nots", have "haves" always used "trickle-down" arguements to justify the situation?
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darklordoftech
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« on: April 23, 2019, 03:19:07 AM »
It wouldn't surprise me.
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Del Tachi
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2019, 01:18:18 PM »
No.  Back when have nots didn't have political power they could just argue that the unwashed masses weren't deserving/ready for material prosperity.
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2019, 12:18:10 PM »
There are a slew of false premises in this question, including:
  • "Haves" necessarily support supply-side economics
  • "Trickle-down" is a fair characterization of supply-side economics and not just a leftist straw man
  • "Haves" of old would have needed to justify their position using economic arguments at all
  • Old socioeconomic systems didn't explicitly prevent wealth "trickling down" by design

So no.
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