此外,迈克尔·舍默(Michael Shermer)在他的著作《市场思维》(The Mind of the Market)中指出,反资本主义的平均主义可以追溯到性选择。早在以狩猎采集为生的旧石器时代,不平等就对繁殖有影响。成功的猎人可以为女性提供有价值的蛋白质,他们比失败者获得了更多的交配机会。因此,有可能男性大脑中仍有一个相对简单的等式,即相对成功地获取财产将导致更多艳遇和更多后代。
If so, this might explain why it is relative, rather than absolute, inequality that matters so much to people today. In modern Western society, when even relatively poor people have access to transport, refrigeration, entertainment, shoes and plentiful food, you might expect that inequality would be less resented than a century ago─when none of those things might come within the reach of a poor person. What does it matter if there are people who can afford private jets and designer dresses?
若是如此,这或许能解释为什么相对不平等、而非绝对不平等令如今的人们如此耿耿于怀。在现代西方社会,即使相对贫穷的人也能获得交通工具、冷藏设施、娱乐、鞋子和充足的食物,你可能认为在当今,不平等不会像一个世纪前那么令人愤恨了──那时上述东西穷人一样也得不到。即便有些人能享受私人飞机和设计师品牌服装,那又有什么关系呢?
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