Sunday, November 24, 2013

Is Equality Possible Among Humans?


In my opinion, equality among a vast amount of humans is impossible because of our human nature. If we were all equal, there would be no room for individuality. Human nature dictates that we always strive to be better than someone else, whether it's in the caveman days of being the best hunter or the best mate, or it's in today's times of having the best job, best salary, or the best house. People will always strive to be better than those around them. That is in our nature and just like the swiftest lion gets the food first, the best male mate gets the girl first. It's in our genes to survive and continue.

Unfortunately there will never be equality in a society where people have individual freedoms and choices. And even if we took those freedoms and choices away, people are still not equal. There still have to be levels of jobs and levels of production. Even in a pure socialist society, where everyone has the same income, the same amount of food, the same houses, there is still a leader and a government and one guy may be taking out trash while another is assigned to cooking and another is assigned to play guitar for the "king". There will never be complete equality - as humans we always strive for more and always want what the other's have. Even when we have "enough" and have what we need - we still want more.


That alone keeps us from allowing everyone to be the same. 

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