Historian and political scientist, Rainer Zitelmann, author of In Defense of Capitalism (2023), in an examination of the evolution of capitalism, and prosperity, has made a strong case against the economic equality dogma of socialism, and the Left. Zitelmann arguers that inequality accompanies prosperity, and attempts to level down, ultimately destroy the social dynamics that create prosperity in the process. That does not mean that poverty is accepted, only that there will be a flow-down effect, which is what has occurred today. Even our homeless are much better off than say the poor of the 19th century. Attempts to radically level economic inequality came in the 20th century from Marxist movements, which resulted in the deaths of millions, and failed to produce the egalitarian utopia promised, and instead merely reinforced the power of the elites, and thus another round of social inequality.
Far better is the social credit philosophy giving people a social dividend. Douglas wrote in Economic Democracy that "Systems were made for men, and not men for systems, and the interest of man which is self-development, is above all systems, whether theological, political or economic." Douglas said that Social Creditors want to build a new civilization based upon "absolute economic security" for the individual, where "they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid." Douglas said that "what we really demand of existence is not that we shall be put into somebody else's Utopia, but we shall be put in a position to construct a Utopia of our own.” Who could put it better?