Our friend Stacey Bluer notes

Our friend Stacey Bluer notes that domestic violence occurs also in 'wealthy' households.

I offered:

Stacey Bluer very many thanks, and again apologies for missing your earlier Comment.

Yes, you are absolutely correct, the data on illness - including all forms of violence - is shown by the evidence in 'The Spirit Level' book to be *a gradient* not a step function.

Thus, although the burden of illness - including domestic violence and rape and murder - bears most heavily upon the lowest-income people, families, groups and communities, income inequality increase, *across all income groups*, the experience of violence, and all forms of illness.

The comment that I heard that is pertinent, is that a pregnant woman in the US, would be better assured against the risk of neonatal mortality by having her delivery in Cuba (where income inequality is less than in the US), than having her confinement anywhere in the US.

I am no fan of Class-based assertions or analysis since they always use step functions ('The Working Class are . . .' etc)  as equally are all #fakepolitics assertions, such as 'All Men Are . . .'.

Or, 'All Jews are . . .' or 'All Muslims are . . .', etc.

My preference is for an evidence-based, needs-based politics.

Hence our Living, Loving Plan for Co-operative Socialism: #truesocialism

I hope that this helps.

Very best wishes,

John Courtneidge 😊