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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 832112" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>It depends on what kind of equality you strive for. If its equal opportunity creating unequal results then there is some truth to that. If it is equal outcomes then there is no truth to that. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The way I look at it both you and I were born into a life of privilege. Neither of us worry about where our next meal is coming from, we both live with hot water on tap with a secure roof over our heads and can focus more on our own recreation then surviving from day to day. Most of the world doesn't live like that. Now if you are just unhappy because you don't live a life where you can afford a new Mercedes for everyday of the week then you are just delusional as that is the exception not the rule. If you want that kind of life then make it, but don't disparage those who do. In your own example why should Bob have to give up anything for Alice? Maybe Bob worked harder than alice? Maybe Alice was just spitting out babies to keep the welfare checks flowing while Bob running his own business and being wildly successful at it all the while creating jobs that Alice could take if she were to just go ask Bob for one. Your premise is Bob has to give up part of his own sweat and labor just so alice can be more equal to him, and whether you realize it or not that is the basis for Communism pure and simple. Because we are all different we cannot be equal, and anyone who tries to tell you that we can is a either a fool or a power hungry government official.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 832112, member: 249"] It depends on what kind of equality you strive for. If its equal opportunity creating unequal results then there is some truth to that. If it is equal outcomes then there is no truth to that. The way I look at it both you and I were born into a life of privilege. Neither of us worry about where our next meal is coming from, we both live with hot water on tap with a secure roof over our heads and can focus more on our own recreation then surviving from day to day. Most of the world doesn't live like that. Now if you are just unhappy because you don't live a life where you can afford a new Mercedes for everyday of the week then you are just delusional as that is the exception not the rule. If you want that kind of life then make it, but don't disparage those who do. In your own example why should Bob have to give up anything for Alice? Maybe Bob worked harder than alice? Maybe Alice was just spitting out babies to keep the welfare checks flowing while Bob running his own business and being wildly successful at it all the while creating jobs that Alice could take if she were to just go ask Bob for one. Your premise is Bob has to give up part of his own sweat and labor just so alice can be more equal to him, and whether you realize it or not that is the basis for Communism pure and simple. Because we are all different we cannot be equal, and anyone who tries to tell you that we can is a either a fool or a power hungry government official. [/QUOTE]
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