Turning the Tables on The Inequality Debate
Yaron Brook and Don Watkins:
"Despite reams of criticism from free-market-oriented economists, columnists and policy analysts, the inequality alarmists continue to hold the moral high ground in this debate. How can we change that?"
"Despite reams of criticism from free-market-oriented economists, columnists and policy analysts, the inequality alarmists continue to hold the moral high ground in this debate. How can we change that?"
The alarmists lose if you argue the front end rather than the output.
You can effectively manage opportunity, you cannot manage the output.
Essentially the argument is talking about a "spherical cow", rather than a real one. I believe, and personal experience drives this, that people who realize the argument is about numbers and not real people view the argument very differently - they realize it is an argument without merit.
So perhaps there is your answer. You win the moral argument by illustrating "they" aren't talking about real people and show how real people are harmed by their so-called solutions.