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"I've never been a fan of institutionalized equality."
Should we not as individuals and as a society try to treat others fairly and impartially? Is it right to apply the Golden Rule to some but not all? Is it okay to treat some like shit and others not? Why isn't equality under the law a good idea, that's institutional equality, no?
There's no such thing as true equality in the workplace. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to treat everyone with the same dignity and respect.
Some people are simply more naturally gifted than others. Or more qualified.Some carry themselves well while other do not. So what? Do the less gifted or qualified deserve to be treated differently?
Here's the thing - human nature being what it is, if you do not have laws that protect the rights and liberties of everyone then you will have some people who are abused and mistreated. A civil society should not allow that to happen, in so far as is possible.
I'm not opposed to equality in opportunity. The notion of universal equality through manufactured means is quite another phenomenon, however. Should standards of success be lowered in order to placate the least skilled people and to encourage artificial equivalence? I disagree that they should be lowered. My view on it is that rewarding people for mediocrity while punishing other people for success just because they don't belong to a designated victim status group is the very nature of treating people differently.
I've always maintained that indeed the proper role of government is to protect Individual liberty. So we agree there. It is not the role of government to placate group claims, however. The latter will only impede Individual liberties under the disguise of equality. All that will accomplish is that we'll see even more claims of oppression from victim status groups and the erosion of Individual liberties will ultimately be never-ending.
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