....Not to ridicule the author, no. He does that all by himself quite admirably.

Ouch!

Material inequality? How does that work then...? You will need an authority(coercive?) to decide what exactly is inequality...mmmm.

Oh, This has always been my argument! I have a friend who married a Chilean woman, whose parents are pro-Pinochet (this is a big, no - no in Chile). Anyways, her parents say that when Salvador Allende rose to power; he himself with his men seized the family's paper factories. They did this to many other wealthy families too. But, the thing is, Chile's overall population did not become more prosperous or equal during his administration.

This is juvenile day dreaming..

I totally agree.

That is to say, that there should be no war, no violence used by one set of men against another, no monopoly and no poverty, no oppression, no taking advantage of your fellow-man.

This would mean to go against our biology, our chemistry. This would mean to go against millions of years of evolution. Hierarchy, violence and inequality have been around WAY before humans stepped on this earth, it is within us, it is in our ancient brain. Around 300 million years ago our nervous system was rather simple (comparatively); yet, the neurochemistry to assimilate and perform social status was already in place in organisms we evolved from.This is something highly relevant; but always dismissed. It turns out it is not capitalist that prompts war and inequality, it is Mother nature!

How is that even possible, with logical inconsistencies, silly assertions, and shown in only a few paragraphs? Seriously?

Cognitive bias.

Good post! :)