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"A World Where Everyone Is Equal" ... What a Stupid Idea -_-
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[quote:Erastudil:MV8yMjM4NjUzXzM3OTgzOTc3XzU2NTc1ODE4] The essence of a primitive pack mammal is to strive to be better than others. The essence of an enlightened being is to strive to be better than one's former self. Your username suggests you are female. Without the advancement of equality you would be nothing more than the property of a man, less than human. You have already hedged your original statement to describe this sort of equality as necessary. The fact that you have to arbitrarily redraw the line demonstrates the weakness of your original argument. So equality is bad, except when it benefits you? As far as economic equality is concerned, we do not know what it's effects would be, since it has never happened, and human beings are quite unskilled at predicting the future. However, in a state of super-abundance, meaning in a society technologically advanced enough that all human desires could be readily fulfilled without the need for labor, does it not make sense that everyone should be able to have whatever they want, essentially making them all equal? So I would argue that economic equality is not necessarily bad. It depends on the circumstances. Regarding technology, many of the most groundbreaking advances in science were made in the pursuit of pure knowledge, not profit. Einstein did not derive the equivalence of matter and energy in order to make a buck. Nor did Planck seek to strike it rich in defining the laws of quantum mechanics. Yet both of them redefined our understanding of the universe, and made possible technologies never dreamed of before their times. These men sought knowledge for its own sake, as do many others. You should focus your energy on trying to lift up your self and others, not climbing to the top on the backs of others. Inequality is a fact, but viewing it in terms of better than or worse than is simplistic and limiting. Arguing that true equality is universally detrimental, when it has never occurred before, is ignorant conjecture. [/quote]
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Yes. It is the dumbest idea ever….
Basically, the essence of being human is to strive to be better than others and improve our surroundings. In an equal world we wouldn't have discovered many of the things we have discovered…. medicines, countries, foods, etc …. In a world where everyone is equal there wouldn't be a society …. no order…. We would be kind of like animals (the other animals) …… but even they have an order … some kind of hierarchy …. There is no EQUALITY in the animal kingdom … not even in the plant kingdom … a stronger plant could kill a weaker plant and with time the weak plant would be forced to evolve because of natural selection…
With equality we would be much lower than cavemen … even they had some kind of hierarchy …. some kind of order …
Equality would be a HUGE obstacle for evolution… We wouldn't have evolved… We would probably be extinct now…..
Equality is not something you see in living organisms…
DON'T ASK FOR EQUALITY !
I'M 100% sure that in an equal world the rate of suicides and depression would be much higher.
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In my opinion a better world wouldn't be an equal world
A better world would be a place where there's no corruption and the strongest help the weakest.....
For example, we waste so much food... It is just retarded. We could help our poorer population and poorer countries if we just made better decision s when it comes to food.
I've seen in San Francisco places where restaurants and stores throw perfectly good food to the trash..... Like seriously good food.... Lots of totally edible vegetables and fruits. Sometimes they just throw bananas to the trashcans because they start to get black spots... They only want perfect fruits.
In many places they throw away the breads, donuts and other sweets everyday to make new ones the other day.
ETC ....
We could be helping so many people....
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