3 ms·
I mean some people are born smarter than others. Maybe low IQ people deserve a monthly stipend, that high-IQ people are forced to pay, to compensate them for ho
by Jabanga 10y ago
I mean some people are born smarter than others. Maybe low IQ people deserve a monthly stipend, that high-IQ people are forced to pay, to compensate them for how unfair the universe was to them.
I'm sorry for the facetiousness, but I just don't see any reasonable case for the government playing this kind of role in society. It all seems very moralizing and controlling.
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoDoes it work better when low IQ people "deserve" to be shafted by high IQ people for being stupid? Is that any less moralising and controlling?
- Jabanga 10y agoHow are they being shafted? As for whether they deserve to be born rich, poor, smart, dumb, it's not for the government to say who deserves to be born with what.
- douche 10y agoHarrison Bergeron was supposed to be a work of satire, but I'm not sure it won't prove to be prescient, these days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
- Jabanga 10y agoThat's frighteningly true.