Reducing inequality can reverse political polarisation: study
Worth reading Robert Sapolsky on the topic of inequality here[1]. Inequality itself (not poverty, and <i>accounted for the material disadvantages</i>), causes about half of the difference in health and life expectancy outcomes in developed nations, makes people at a neurological level opportunistic and causes biological stress in populations which results in violence, crime, isolation, mental illness, and so forth.<p>That&#x27;s empirically backed by research and stands in stark contrast to the technocratic myth of &quot;we just have to make everyone wealthier&quot; that&#x27;s dominated for the last 30-ish years. It&#x27;s not surprising at all that a population that is running on extreme levels of stress tends towards political polarization.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;how-economic-inequality-inflicts-real-biological-harm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;how-economic-ineq...</a><p>edit: short video interview summarizing it because of the paywall: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;aNRPuBJ02MM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;aNRPuBJ02MM</a>