Distribution of Power Within Politics
"An argument against egalitarianism" The most prevalent sentiment of the times is summed up in one word and that is 'equality'. At every level and on all fronts including political, social and economic, the egalitarian gospel has been asserted as the way the light the truth. The rights of the child are considered equal to those of the parent, the pupil's to that of the teacher, Jack is as good as his master, a professor of economics' political assessment judgement is neither superior nor inferior to that of an illiterate road labourer, each being provided with identical voting power. The obvious difference of nation, race and sex are nothing more than historic hangovers. It is instilled in us from childhood the great evil of inequality while paying no regard to individual differences. The thrust of broader educational guidance is towards a collective responsibility where children are not encouraged to excel so much as they are to fit in. When differences prevail they are condemned, so the All Black scoring a spectacular try hangs his head as he returns to the halfway mark in a facade of modesty and repentance for his individual assertiveness. The egalitarian sentiment underlines the thrusts and trends of this ce
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, the hypocrite and the flatterer. To illustrate my point, It is an obvious fact that some people can run faster than others. There is nothing wrong with a stratified society, all evidence suggests not only is that what the people desire, but it is the best way of advancing the social and economic welfare of its members. It is anathema to suggest to the egalitarians that the Aboriginals are different other than their skin colour. If it was desirable that in this activity all runners be equal, no amount of hard line legislation or even agreement between the runners themselves, will allow the slowest to keep pace with the fastest. The result in my view has been a disastrous folly of legislative efforts to distort the true nature of human relationships. The result is always the same anyway neither a first nor a second always a draw so why bust themselves? So they slow down and over time reduce to a walk until eventually they are hardly moving at all. This makes the egalitarians ridiculously happy as it is not performance that they are concerned with but this mindless obsession with equality. It is simply too easy to rationalise the absence of true equality of oppurtinty in the case of failures and use this as an excuse for further restrictions on everyone else. It is therefore suspect in its stability and permanence. Sadly what is happening in Australia is that the slowest runners have woken to the situation and asked themselves what sense there is in even trying to run fast or to excel beyond their own personal standards. Their ultimate goal is to form something resembling a school of fish, leaderless and responding only to a collective instinct. Witness the outrage from the professional do-gooder social worker set, on behalf of the 'victim of society's inequalities' lout who knocks over an old lady and steals her purse. Yet as far as the egalitarians and legislators are concerned, it is essential if a fair and equal situation is to prevail, and so it is achieved in the only way possible. I would say that so far they have achieved a descent to the ant level in their fantastic march backwards down the evolutionary road.
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