Quote Originally Posted by FireDrake View Post
It is mob rule. As soon as the mob realizes that they can use the power of the state to confiscate the wealth earned by others (which is happening now) those that vote without earning will "spread the wealth".
We've got mob rule. (Thus I reckon I'm mob, too. Thanks.)
Therefore I rule (well, I don't since I normally vote different from the majority...) Yet Switzerland's income and wealth distribution are actually getting more disparate, and pretty fast, too.
As it is in most western democracies, btw. There are a few notable exemptions, but they are few (UK, for example, according to OECD)