The original article said: Is there too much inequality in the world? Sure. And cperciva reiterated that opinion above.
That's what drunkpotato is disagreeing with. It is clearly an opinion that isn't purely a matter of facts and figures. (One with which, as I happen, I agree.)
I was acknowledging that not everyone agrees that wealth disparity is necessary. I did not state my opinion on the matter, merely that it is difficult to see how it could be avoided should we want to. I was trying to point out that a glib "Nope" doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Moving on to my personal opinion, I think it's more productive to think in terms of how much wealth disparity is part of a reasonably robust and functioning economy. We've all seen the numbers that show a steady trend upwards over the last 3 decades. That does not seem to be a good thing.
Whoops, yes, I got that backwards. Anyway, the point is that what he's agreeing and disagreeing with are opinions that aren't just a matter of unambiguous facts and figures.
I don't think that opinion of cperciva is relevant to the point btilly made, which is the subject of this subdiscussion. As such, there are no opinions to disagree with. I may be imagining things, but I've seen too many cases of people discarding facts because of some not directly relevant opinion the author/collector/presentor of the facts also happens to have.
That's what drunkpotato is disagreeing with. It is clearly an opinion that isn't purely a matter of facts and figures. (One with which, as I happen, I agree.)