While the system should discourage utility transfers, if you build in a bias against transfers of nominal wealth, that favors certain political platforms over others.
I actually don’t think there’s a good way for a voting system to distinguish between transfers and simple inequality, so I think voting systems designed with this concern in mind will actually favor wealth (/utility) transfers that reduce inequality, rather than discouraging all transfers.
Either way, though, there’s inherently some political content in there, which is unfortunate in some sense.
While the system should discourage utility transfers, if you build in a bias against transfers of nominal wealth, that favors certain political platforms over others.
Yes.
I actually don’t think there’s a good way for a voting system to distinguish between transfers and simple inequality, so I think voting systems designed with this concern in mind will actually favor wealth (/utility) transfers that reduce inequality, rather than discouraging all transfers.
Either way, though, there’s inherently some political content in there, which is unfortunate in some sense.