"Envy Versus Anger" by Paul Krugman at the NYTimes

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14. That is the whole point of making the

distinction between anger and envy. Anger for what someone does to you implies they have some responsibility. That it was there actions that hurt someone else. That all their capitalism is not totalky beautiful and beyond desrving of any examination. Said examination of the 1%‘s role,good and bad, would involve a discussion of how workers can better participate in a capitalist economy. By getting the 1% to think and agree it is just envy allows them to not do any self reflection. All parts of an economy have roles to play. And all those roles should be studied and discussed when the system is not functioning.