RE: No One Actually Wants an Equal Society
March 6, 2017 at 9:08 am
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2017 at 9:09 am by c172.)
(March 6, 2017 at 4:37 am)InquiringMind Wrote:(March 6, 2017 at 4:16 am)Alex K Wrote: No but seriously, there's a difference between equal chances/opportunities and everyone being identical.
I don't think that people even want equality of opportunity. I think most people would overwhelmingly prefer to be born into privilege. Why do you think that Disney princess movies and the British monarchy are so wildly popular? Why do so many people dream of winning the lottery? Because people want privilege, not equality. Especially if those privileges came from a windfall, like being born into royalty or winning the lottery.
No one wants an equal society. People would much prefer to have special privileges.
I would love to have been born into having several million dollars so I could have my airpark home with the 3 bedrooms and the Chevy Silverado in the carpark and the HondaJet and Cessna 172 in the hangar. Yes, that involves some level of privilege. But I don't not want you all to have those same things or the money with which to make it happen if that's what you want.
I just want it for my own enjoyment, not to flaunt.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
