 <i>I think PG underestimated how thoroughly the intellectual basis of his argument would be missed once he uttered the words &quot;I&#x27;ve been helping to increase economic inequality.&quot;
Most of the critiques of PG accuse him of not caring about poor people. And yet his essay specifically attacks poverty and lack of social mobility:</i><p>I have to agree with you. I am actually surprised PG tried to even write a second essay to explain the first one and some people still didn&#x27;t understand it and it led me to this conclusion and points me to Dale Carnegie&#x27;s &quot; You can&#x27;t win an argument&quot;..<p><i>Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right.<p>You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Why? Well, suppose you triumph over the other man and shoot his argument full of holes and prove that he is non compos mentis. Then what? You will feel fine. But what about him? You have made him feel inferior. You have hurt his pride. He will resent your triumph. And -<p>&quot;A man convinced against his will<p>&quot;Is of the same opinion still.&quot;</i>