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TBF, fairness also wasn't a tenant of the old cultural revolution either. That's why these things keep happening. A free and civilized society has allowed the
by shadowgovt 4y ago
TBF, fairness also wasn't a tenant of the old cultural revolution either. That's why these things keep happening.
A free and civilized society has allowed the oppression, dispossession, and outright murder-without-consequence of far, far too many of its citizens to traipse along unquestioned.
- HNAbusesUsers 4y ago[dead]
- krona 4y agoFairness used to be about treating individuals equally. For example, blind hiring practices. The new 'fairness' is incompatible with blind hiring or individual merit, because its ultimate aim is to make what you are more important than what you have done. You might say 'that's a good thing' but to claim these aren't polar opposite concepts of fairness or justice is disingenuous.
- shadowgovt 4y agoThe ultimate aim is to give a better world to the next generation than the one the current generation inherited. We tried, for decades, a simple meritocracy solution. It brought us deeply-embedded racism and the robber-baron era of industrial monopoly. And in the current era, we're watching technology create another gilded-age-style haves-and-have-nots divide. Turns out a society that's as close to best for everyone sometimes needs some thumbs on some scales to work, because people are selfish and short-sighted and "meritocracy" depends heavily on where you start and how lucky you get.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoOn the contrary, the freest societies were most successful in doing away with oppression. No authoritarian rule came close to that. There is ample empirical evidence for that too.
- shadowgovt 4y agoI don't understand how that is contrary to my statement.