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Leader: "I Fought for Social Justice"


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2017 Aug 18, 8:25am   1,765 views  8 comments

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"I was just trying to make everybody equal!"

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1   georgeliberte   2017 Aug 18, 8:28am  

That is why equality can never be a goal- only equal opportunity. Equal outcomes are what happened in Cambodia. But the left never gets that including the current crop of SJWs.

2   NDrLoR   2017 Aug 18, 8:47am  

TwoScoopsMcGee says

"I was just trying to make everybody equal!"

The only "equal" is ultimately dead. Nobody knows what "equality" is anyway. What may seem perfectly just to one observer may in the eyes of another be completely outrageous and unfair.

3   Patrick   2017 Aug 18, 8:51am  

Equality of opportunity is a good thing. We should all have the same rights, and the ability to succeed or fail on our own merits.

Equality of outcome is a bad thing, because it happens only at the point of a gun.

4   Dan8267   2017 Aug 18, 8:59am  

rando says

Equality of opportunity is a good thing. We should all have the same rights, and the ability to succeed or fail on our own merits.

Yes, and racism (against any race, even whites) prevents this. Also, capitalism prevents this by concentrating all economic power into a handful of people who produce nothing and own everything.

rando says

Equality of outcome is a bad thing, because it happens only at the point of a gun.

Yes, and there are other reasons as well. Equality of outcome is a bad thing because
- not all people produce as much
- it discourages working hard
- it discourages developing talents

This is precisely why the Soviet economy failed. Economic incentives must encourage productivity.

This is also why the American middle class is being destroyed. Economic incentives cannot encourage productivity and non-productive ownership. Those are two conflicting goals.

5   Ceffer   2017 Aug 18, 9:51am  

Looks like it's time to hand over the Global Warming issue to him.

6   HEY YOU   2017 Aug 18, 10:56am  

AGW is an equal opportunity killer.

7   Shaman   2017 Aug 18, 1:54pm  

Equal opportunity also doesn't exist, not anywhere in the world. There are unequal chances people get with
1)loving vs abusive parents
2)rich vs poor families or even no family(orphan)
3)good schools vs poor schools
4)family connections used for
a)school admittance
b)getting offered jobs
c)getting help with housing
5)health inequality. Not everyone is born with a healthy body or keeps it that way.

Most people I know got their job through family connections. Hell, I look around and every homeowner I know under 40 was given either a down payment by their parents or a place to stay free while they built up one. Or just given a house or inherited a house. I'm the only one who had to do it all myself. Maybe that's more satisfying in the end, but you can't argue that we all had equal opportunity.

8   WineHorror   2017 Aug 18, 1:59pm  

Quigley says

Equal opportunity also doesn't exist, not anywhere in the world. There are unequal chances people get with

1)loving vs abusive parents

2)rich vs poor families or even no family(orphan)

3)good schools vs poor schools

4)family connections used for

a)school admittance

b)getting offered jobs

c)getting help with housing

5)health inequality. Not everyone is born with a healthy body or keeps it that way.

Most people I know got their job through family connections. Hell, I look around and every homeowner I know under 40 was given either a down payment by their parents or a place to stay free while they built up one. Or just given a house or inherited a house. I'm the only one who had to do it all myself. Maybe that's more satisfying in the end, but you can't argue that we all had equal opportunity.

You did it yourself? You are an evil white pig...even if you aren't white.

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