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That's but one version of equality. Equality under the law (both your examples may arguably fall here), but we also have equality of opportunity, equality of o
by koide 5y ago
That's but one version of equality.
Equality under the law (both your examples may arguably fall here), but we also have equality of opportunity, equality of outcome, equality by mean reduction.
I personally agree that equality under the law is indeed desirable but some other types aren't.
Which ones are good and which aren't should be made explicit.
Then we can talk about how to increase the good equalities and reduce the bad ones.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThey don't exist in isolation, once inequality in capital gets large enough, it is impossible to accomplish equality of opportunity, or of anything at all between: 1- a child of a billionaire that had private tutoring and connections 2 - a child that grew up in poverty and was malnurished, didn't recieve proper education or attention from parents because they were working two jobs or perished in some kind of tragedy
- koide 5y agoYeah, as you show, full equality is unreachable. Even without the capital differences. Some people will have traumas or accidents or just bad genetics that will end up in inequalities. The thing is to have a destination, a goal. Which equalities are worth fighting for?