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You're conflating wanting each society to provide the best for its citizens with wanting each society to provide for other society's citizens. Like her, I thin
by pytester 8y ago
You're conflating wanting each society to provide the best for its citizens with wanting each society to provide for other society's citizens.
Like her, I think China should do something about its wealth inequality. Like her, I don't the Czech republic really needs to get involved.
It is, as you say, an "important distinction".
- TomMarius 8y agoHer argument is based on the fact that all humans are equal. A person from outside your country is equal to you and needs help, then. She doesn't say that all US citizens are equal.
- pytester 8y agoIt absolutely was based on people being equal, yes, but all humans being equal does NOT imply an obligation on the Czech Republic to care for citizens in China's society. It implies that both China and the Czech Republic are obligated to level out arbitrarily enforced class divisions in their own societies. She used the word "society" a lot, not "world".
- TomMarius 8y agoMaybe that's the difference between our opinions. While there are obvious differences between Chinese and Czech people, I see humanity as it is today as a single society - since we're sharing this world and influence each other greatly. That of course wasn't always the case and might not be the case in the future (e.g. with people living in other star systems), but right now I see it like this.