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Believing that all humans are equal and any differences in outcome is the result of discrimination is a caracature of leftist views akin to labelling conservati
by notSupplied 8y ago
Believing that all humans are equal and any differences in outcome is the result of discrimination is a caracature of leftist views akin to labelling conservatives "just people out to screw over the poor".
My observation is that the biggest chasm between left and right is the burden of proof for discrimination. The left believes discrimination is the basic human condition and one must prove that a decision or process is fair, or else it is biased by default. The right believes discrimination is an abberation, much like crime, and guilt must be proven, not presumed.
- jlawson 8y agoInteresting view I hadn't heard before. Notably, under the left's view, believing a system is just would require proving a negative. Is basically 'guilty until proven innocent'; a recipe for eternal identitarian strife; totally different from how we approach structurally similar questions on other topics.
- goldcd 8y agoI'd agree with the OP - I'd never thought about it like that before. My addition to the theory would be that left & right look identify the issue from different perspectives. e.g. You can look at the planet as whole today, and see there are massive disparities - then try to drill down and work out how to fix it holistically. Or, you can look at those immediately around you, sort that out, and hope that all people do this and it will ultimately ripple up.