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Originally Posted by u-Bob
The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone propose equality as an ideal? Every year, scholars hold Conferences on Equality and call for greater equality, and no one challenges the basic tenet. But what justification can equality find in the nature of man? If each individual is unique, how else can he be made 'equal' to others than by destroying most of what is human in him and reducing human society to the mindless uniformity of the ant heap?
-Murray N. Rothbard
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Great post of an awesome quote from an awesome scholar.
Thomas Sowell is on point about such talk about "fairness" "equality" etc. These are words that sound nice but there's no definition. That's when people get suckered in and the "solution" ends up being way worse than the "problem."
Here's another great scholar on this issue