We often talk about the forced “re-distribution” of wealth, but Thomas Sowell rejected this term and corrected people, saying “distribution” instead.
Dr Sowell noted that “redistribution” wrongly implies that wealth is first somehow distributed to people, and then re-distributed among them -whereas in reality, first someone creates wealth, and then someone else distributes it.
We should narrate this accurately and say “forced distribution” (not re-distribution) when we refer to the welfare state.