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In reply to the discussion: Social Justice is the ONLY Path to Economic Prosperity for Workers in This Country [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)It is easy to conclude that the minimum wage is too low, labor is in surplus and taxes are inappropriately distributed without deference to social justice.
In fact, I'd argue that the pragmatic solutions to the problem are made less achievable when the goal is something other than simple collective economic health. Divide and conquer? I think we should carefully look at what we mean by social justice when we use books like "Women, Race and Class" as exemplary.
Fixing the problem is complicated when we demand that everyone first acknowledge where they stand by virtue of their color, sex or orientation on the hierarchy of merit. Divide and conquer or wedge politics works only when there are more voters on our side of the wedge.
Society benefits when everyone benefits... even straight white guys.