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06 May 2011, 7:49 am

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Egalitarianism is the best system of course. Current commercialist societies place so little value on equality between people. No wonder the world is such a sh***y place to live in. Discrimination and inequality is king is our world.

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Absurd! People are not equal. Some are smarter than others. Some are stronger than others. Some are more focused than others. Some are more ambitious than others.

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06 May 2011, 10:03 am

ruveyn wrote:
Absurd! People are not equal. Some are smarter than others. Some are stronger than others. Some are more focused than others. Some are more ambitious than others. ruveyn


So you subscribe to these social Darwinists?



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06 May 2011, 10:41 am

ruveyn wrote:
LikeGreenAndBlue wrote:
Egalitarianism is the best system of course. Current commercialist societies place so little value on equality between people. No wonder the world is such a sh***y place to live in. Discrimination and inequality is king is our world.

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Absurd! People are not equal. Some are smarter than others. Some are stronger than others. Some are more focused than others. Some are more ambitious than others.

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true but people can still be born with equal rights and in my eyes the only way to lose these right is by repeatadly denying these rights to others in the extremes.


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06 May 2011, 4:26 pm

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true but people can still be born with equal rights and in my eyes the only way to lose these right is by repeatadly denying these rights to others in the extremes.


That is not what you said though. You were pushing egalitarianism as a general principle If you want to promote a principle promote excellence which is inherently anti-egalitarian.

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