@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... equal opportunity does not exist in nature. no two creatures have equal opportunity to eat, mate, or locomote. in a classical family, two sons do not have equal opportunity to inherit the estate, and daughters have no opportunity since they have no stake in inheritance.
"opportunity" is as much a meaningless buzzword as "equality". ultimately, whether you call it fortuna or gratia, there is something your rational human mind cannot flatten into a material explanation, which has authority material conditions.
equality in the mathematical sense is also a relation i.e. there must exist two or more things that are equal to one another. are all christians equal? all adults? all men? all humans? all people within a territory?
and furthermore, in the above sense, equality is descriptive. if you insist things are equal which in fact are not, you are 1) plainly wrong, 2) will sooner or later realize this, and thus 3) will apply some coercive levelling force to bring together what nature deemed ought to be apart.
all calls for equality are sedition.
i anticipate a few objections:
- "equality of dignity" : a person affords dignity to another. you have no authority over what dignity A affords B, that is A's authority alone.
- "equality of worth" : worth, too, is subjective. furthermore, it exists in a transitive hierarchy, the very opposite of equality. i would rather have a solid brick of gold than a carton of rotten eggs. i would rather marry this girl than that one. i would rather save this man from a fire than that one.
- "the state ought not value one man over another" : the state ought not exist
- "the law, then" : false, the law ought to be bayesian. if a group is associated with more thefts and fewer murders, the judges' priors must rest accordingly. even for specific individuals, past behavior predicts future behavior.
- "equal dignity before heaven" : false, every religion sees its god/s discern this man from that man, this people from that people, this lineage from that lineage. often as better/worse.
"opportunity" is as much a meaningless buzzword as "equality". ultimately, whether you call it fortuna or gratia, there is something your rational human mind cannot flatten into a material explanation, which has authority material conditions.
equality in the mathematical sense is also a relation i.e. there must exist two or more things that are equal to one another. are all christians equal? all adults? all men? all humans? all people within a territory?
and furthermore, in the above sense, equality is descriptive. if you insist things are equal which in fact are not, you are 1) plainly wrong, 2) will sooner or later realize this, and thus 3) will apply some coercive levelling force to bring together what nature deemed ought to be apart.
all calls for equality are sedition.
i anticipate a few objections:
- "equality of dignity" : a person affords dignity to another. you have no authority over what dignity A affords B, that is A's authority alone.
- "equality of worth" : worth, too, is subjective. furthermore, it exists in a transitive hierarchy, the very opposite of equality. i would rather have a solid brick of gold than a carton of rotten eggs. i would rather marry this girl than that one. i would rather save this man from a fire than that one.
- "the state ought not value one man over another" : the state ought not exist
- "the law, then" : false, the law ought to be bayesian. if a group is associated with more thefts and fewer murders, the judges' priors must rest accordingly. even for specific individuals, past behavior predicts future behavior.
- "equal dignity before heaven" : false, every religion sees its god/s discern this man from that man, this people from that people, this lineage from that lineage. often as better/worse.