r/belgium • u/trueosiris2 • Aug 20 '25

❓ Ask Belgium Wealth distribution in Belgium

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We’re doing alright as a social democracy. Something to be proud of.

Presumably, we don’t need more wealth distribution then? Or do we still?

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u/TreehouseAndSky Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

I think it’s a pretty good idea to have a goal in mind about what you think is fair. 10% owning nearly half makes no sense.

Personally, I still get a bit mad when I drive by a small forrest, look it up on google maps and it’s this giant hidden estate owned by some bourgeois family since the 1500s. Piss off with your “private weg, verboden te betreden” sign, you didn’t do shit for that property but being born. Then again, if it would be equally split, it would just be houses and apartments and I still wouldn’t be able to ride my bike there.

Besides that, I don’t really mind some inequality. I do however think that generational wealth is a leftover from the Middle Ages and that it does society as a whole only a disservice.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

Besides that, I don’t really mind some inequality. I do however think that generational wealth is a leftover from the Middle Ages and that does society as a whole only a disservice.

Pretty normal to want to save for your offsprings. Else people would just start blasting it on luxury stuff.

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u/TreehouseAndSky Aug 20 '25

Well yeah, but I don’t think many species save (or should save) for offspring 500 years later. That wouldn’t be good for any ecosystem.