There is no such thing as equality of outcomes, just like there is no such thing as equality of abilities. There is also no such thing as perfect information. Information is always incomplete. The future is always uncertain. We are each unique and different. The best we should hope for is equality of opportunity which is not a zero sum proposition, but takes into account that the optimal role of government is not to pick the winners and losers, but to establish a level playing field, although a perfectly level field almost never happens. Commies wrap themselves in the language of fairness, but ultimately no one is more unfair than a Communist, unless you count everybody on the bottom being miserable as equality and fairness.
This is a good article and it hits at the fundamental roots of our current problem.
Thank you.
There is no such thing as equality of outcomes, just like there is no such thing as equality of abilities. There is also no such thing as perfect information. Information is always incomplete. The future is always uncertain. We are each unique and different. The best we should hope for is equality of opportunity which is not a zero sum proposition, but takes into account that the optimal role of government is not to pick the winners and losers, but to establish a level playing field, although a perfectly level field almost never happens. Commies wrap themselves in the language of fairness, but ultimately no one is more unfair than a Communist, unless you count everybody on the bottom being miserable as equality and fairness.
https://compactmag.com/article/raw-egg-nationalist-s-one-weird-trick
This goes to the Hegelian dialectic and its associated philosophies.
The Hegelian dialectic itself was a repackaging of the Hermetic dialectic of Plato.