(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
When Norway's richest man is one year older than me, and Norway's richest woman is one year younger, then it is high time that we again talk about class in Norway. I am 24 years and believe that the emerging heritage dynasty in Norway is the symptom of a society that has not settled properly with the economic elite.
Equal opportunities?
The labor movement's project has always been about creating free lives, a society with an even distribution of goods and burdens, and in this way a society with equal opportunities for all. Then it is scary when two-thirds of Norway's hundred richest have started with an inherited wealth. This means opportunities others in society do not have. Money is equal to power, and when people are born with a lot of money, they sit on a power that runs counter to our democratic ideals.
The labor movement has always been about creating free lives.
It is worrying that the differences in Norway are increasing. This is largely due to the fact that the capital class has for a long time been greedy and has taken an ever-increasing share of the values the workers create. Figures from the Technical Calculation Committee show that workers in the private sector receive an ever smaller share of their income. Revenue has fallen from 85 percent in the 80 figure to just over 73 percent in 2017. When the workers get less, it is because the owner gets correspondingly more.
Equalizing the differences between those who have a lot and those who have little is one of history's biggest political projects. This project is based on a line of conflict, which we cannot forget or even talk about. It is not ordinary people who profit by the fact that we stop talking about class.
Battle for distribution
When we equalize economic differences, we create the foundation for economic growth, and not least a more just society and a better life for most people. Social and economic differences are not a state of nature, but constantly changing.
Two-thirds of Norway's hundred richest have started with an inherited wealth.
If we are to better distribute the good in society, it requires political struggle. And this fight requires an understanding of conflict lines and that we again discuss class.
