It's clear a lot of people who supported and campaigned for civil rights--at least in the US--thought the removal of legal impediments and equality of opportunity would lead to equality of outcomes between groups.
A lot of the current nonsense represents a deeply stupid attempt to reckon with the reality that it hasn't.
It's clear a lot of people who supported and campaigned for civil rights--at least in the US--thought the removal of legal impediments and equality of opportunity would lead to equality of outcomes between groups.
A lot of the current nonsense represents a deeply stupid attempt to reckon with the reality that it hasn't.
I donтАЩt think that the dysfunction is a consequence of the establishment and enforcement of equal rights. I think the problem stems from imposing unequal rights in an attempt to manufacture equal outcomes - transferring wealth, granting special privileges, and alleviating select minority groups of the need to bear the consequences of their own actions.
The only way to make people equal is to equally immiserate them. As the comment is made about '1984' -- it isn't a how-to book, the same has to be said about 'Harrison Bergeron'. Cautionary tales seem to be much too subtle for modern minds.
According to a recent FEE article, тАЬBy 2019, 96% of Venezuelans were living in poverty, and 79% were living in extreme poverty...тАЭ Equality achieved!
It's clear a lot of people who supported and campaigned for civil rights--at least in the US--thought the removal of legal impediments and equality of opportunity would lead to equality of outcomes between groups.
A lot of the current nonsense represents a deeply stupid attempt to reckon with the reality that it hasn't.
I donтАЩt think that the dysfunction is a consequence of the establishment and enforcement of equal rights. I think the problem stems from imposing unequal rights in an attempt to manufacture equal outcomes - transferring wealth, granting special privileges, and alleviating select minority groups of the need to bear the consequences of their own actions.
The only way to make people equal is to equally immiserate them. As the comment is made about '1984' -- it isn't a how-to book, the same has to be said about 'Harrison Bergeron'. Cautionary tales seem to be much too subtle for modern minds.
According to a recent FEE article, тАЬBy 2019, 96% of Venezuelans were living in poverty, and 79% were living in extreme poverty...тАЭ Equality achieved!
https://fee.org/articles/will-america-choose-javier-milei-or-hugo-chavez/