Many believe that the best way to ensure a happier society is to reduce the difference in income earnings between the rich and poor. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 Many believe that the best way to ensure a happier society is to reduce the difference in income earnings between the rich and poor. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In this modern era, a school of thought propounds that diminishing the earning difference between affluent and poverty-stricken sections of the society can lead to a pleasurable environment. Some people support this statement, whereas others oppose it.

To embark upon this discussion, it is believed by a plethora of people that economic parity can bring happiness as everyone will be able to lead a comfortable life and fulfill their needs. Furthermore, a sense of equality will decrease conflicts among different sections. On top of that, it will help in the reduction of crimes and motivate inhabitants to use their leisure time productively. Also, one can secure their future endeavors like education and access to better healthcare facilities in their twilight years, to name a few.

Notwithstanding the former statement, some people profess that if economic parity was the key to a content environment, most societies guaranteeing equality in distribution of monetary resources would fare much higher on the happiness index. There are some other essential views that are needed for a happy social environment, like crime free society, that provides safety from criminals as everyone will be scared of living in that nation. Moreover, with gender disparities and cultural differences, and so on, existing in a country, one cannot feel content and happy. To corroborate, citizens of a communist bloc nations felt that their civil liberties were not fulfilled, due to which they felt uncontented and left their country to migrate to parts of the world affording freedom where their rights were respected and given equal importance.

To conclude, I strongly disagree that considering economic parity only will ensure a congenial and harmonious society since there are various other factors which let happiness pervade through social fabric.