shovel money down the hierarchy

[Ostap]

Say, well, shovel money down the hierarchy. It's like, the problem isn't lack of money. I mean sometimes that's the problem, but the problem is rarely absolute poverty, it's rarely that. it is sometimes, but rarely. It's not that easy to move money down the hierarchy.
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Hello, everyone. How do you understand the emphasized phrase? My guess is - to make education more financially accessible to the lower classes, those at the bottom of "the hierarchy" (hence - "down").

 

[probus]

The clip doesn't nake clear that Professor Peterson was talking about education, but on the assumption that he was, I agree with your interpretation. He means it can be difficult to effectively transfer advantages from those who were born into more prosperous families to those who were not.

 

[Ostap]

The clip doesn't nake clear that Professor Peterson was talking about education, but on the assumption that he was, I agree with your interpretation. He means it can be difficult to effectively transfer advantages from those who were born into more prosperous families to those who were not.

Indeed I've just noticed at the link there's a link to the whole video from which this one is an excerpt. Probably he makes it clearer there.

 

[jutfrank]

He's referring to the leftist idea that inequalities can be solved simply by redistribution of wealth. He's saying that there are biological differences (IQ differences) among populations that explain economic inequalities. People with an IQ of less than 83 are considered to represent a cost rather than an economic benefit to society.

 

[5jj]

He's saying that there are biological differences (IQ differences) among populations that explain economic inequalities.

Is that a rightist idea?

 

[probus]

Can we please not stray into politics?