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In a civilized society, the minority must accept responsibility for improving something they failed to stop. The majority must recognize that carefully listening to dissent will improve every outcome.

Less egalitarian societies tend to be more innovative. The rich innovate for status. (“Automatic sprinklers!”) The poor innovate for survival. (“Dung-fired stoves!”) Inequality will produce societal wealth more quickly than equality, barring an implosion of insurrection. Witness the Cold War.