Outrage about inequality is big these days, and for good reason. Despite this justified attention, the discussion has been much too polite and limited. We should care about injustice, and not all forms of inequality are unjust per se – some are far more unfair than others. We still should do something about insecurity, the now largely forgotten theme of the 2008 US presidential campaign. That remains the real threat to poor Americans from inequality, not the (sometimes vast) wealth of some other people.
最近，人們對於不平等的憤怒情緒十分激昂，而且理由充分。但儘管有這種正當的關注，整個討論太過禮貌，也太過侷限了。我們應該關注不公正，並非所有形態的不平等本身都是不公的——某些不平等比其它不平等更爲不公。我們還應該對不安全採取一些措施。不安全曾是2008年美國總統大選的主題，現在卻基本上被遺忘了。對於美國窮人來說，不平等帶給他們的真正威脅是不安全，而非其他人的財富（有時候這些財富數額巨大）。
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