"Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy."- F.A. Hayek
En ganske åbenlys sandhed, som Hayek her kommer med. Desværre er det de færreste, der vil anerkende det. En tese, som kan verificeres empirisk, da en række psykologer har sat sig for at undersøge, hvad der motiverer folks bestræbelser på at indføre øget omfordeling. Et studie viser, at støtte i retning af mere omfordeling motiveres af misundelse og egeninteresse frem for "fairness". Fra studiet:
"Endorsement of distributional fairness failed to predict supportfor redistribution in all three studies: 2a [r348 = −0.10(wrong direction), P = 0.059]; 2b (r351 = 0.00, P = 1); 2c (r273 =0.05, P = 0.38)."
Vedrørende misundelse finder studiet:
"A unit increase in envy is associated with 23%, 47%, and 43% greaterodds of preferring the wealthy-harming scenario in the UnitedStates, India, and the United Kingdom"
