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you become “immune” to it. But is that really desirable?

That’s a good point. That’s new – we’re dulling ourselves. That has already been investigated for certain areas (eg the porn industry – the enormous amount of porn would have led to a very strange sense of sex in many people).
And no, that is clearly not desirable. Because that apparently leads to a blurring of standards. Now you can say that a new standard is created, but if that standard leads to worse conditions (psychological, physical or working conditions), then it is not a desired standard.

What do you think could be a solution to counter / tackle this?

Well – I really don’t have a monopoly on wisdom. But certain pain points have been visible for some time. Because the rich and the poor separate from each other, among other things. in terms of residential area (and this is mainly at the initiative of the rich), the differences between rich and poor are only increasing. Because the poor neighborhoods become impoverished and dissatisfaction increases there. Now it is not so simple to say; then build expensive houses between the cheap houses.

In short, we need to get rid of the system that only favors the rich. That system is now self-perpetuating. The rich have much more opportunities to get rich and so do their children. While the poor get fewer and fewer opportunities. Even better education for everyone is not enough. It has helped to improve the situation for the middle class.
Research has shown that there is quite a difference between applying for a job that you really need (and what you are willing to accept) or a job that you just enjoy when you already have enough money (and other things like housing even if you have). So even the chance of a job decreases if the rich want such a job too; despite the qualifiers being fine. In addition, the concept of ‘friendship politics’ also applies and discrimination is still a thing.

Incidentally, a fairer distribution of resources also solves part of the other problem; if people are more satisfied, less enforcement of the rules is needed. This is because many rules are broken in an attempt to make more money (unfortunately also by rich criminals – but they always need disgruntled people) or out of discontent. After all, riots don’t happen because everyone is very happy.

Supposing that everyone should get the same amount doesn’t really work either, because then we might lose motivation. Still, people can be motivated without financial incentives. Recognition is like that.
The big problem is if everyone had the same amount, we would think we would like to have what the rich now own (large, multiple houses, multiple expensive cars, boats, etc.). And of course that’s not possible. There are not enough resources for this and who is going to produce / maintain all this and where does the space come from?

We also have an inherent social problem, of course. We all want the tedious work to be done by others, but the way we are now enforcing it is modern slavery. While we are fairly unanimous that slavery is not acceptable.

So my solution would be:

• everyone has a basic income (and that costs quite a bit, but I think there is indeed enough money available – just not yet from the governments) and no obligation to work (and no social disapproval if someone does not want that)
• no longer allow the differences between the various salaries to be guided by constructions such as protected professions. Scarcity is the only thing – so if we don’t have enough plumbers they get paid more. Real estate agents are a typical profession where a salary works better – not that crazy reliance on the sale price of a house.
• If you do want to work, get a substantially higher income in return. Eliminate the fact that that so-called responsibility should lead to a higher wage (most managers are nothing more than work dividers). And professions that are notorious because of the circumstances (i.e. heavy physical or heavy mental work) should also be well rewarded.

I’m sure to bump into some people with this; myself, too, but I don’t think we can keep thinking that the way society is now will be fine.

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