A Long Winter’s Night — Ascent to Spring Edition: The Myth of Equality
Posted By Randy on February 10, 2019
As long as society persists in refusing to acknowledge, or willfully forgetting, that “equality” as entrenched in law bears absolutely no resemblance to the same word as used to describe lack of variance between the quality of individual expression of human abilities, little progress can be expected.
While, undeniably, there are groups and individuals who can lay legitimate claim to finding themselves behind the curve simply because of who they are, and not what they can do or what intrinsic value that may bestow, this is not about them. It’s about the shrill, violent, and dangerous assemblage that drowns out all intelligent discourse in favour of simply getting even with everyone they feel is better off than they are. Their view of a level playing field drags everyone down and raises no one up.
No matter how loud the shrieks of denial, observable reality, history, and context speak more loudly, and with greater force of dignity. As with confused application of the words “rear”, meaning posterior, and “rear” in reference to the process of raising a child to self-sufficient adulthood, this component in society holds that no amount of superiority or inferiority exists, nor can be permitted to exist even in theory, between individual humans, and they demand the power to make it reality.
The Myth of Equality
By LFM
Our time is one of peril fraught
As any passed before,
With those who’d make reality
Of “1984”.
Again the lesson’s fading, in
This present Orwell prequel —
Equal people are not free,
Nor are free people equal.
Hello my friend – have not been able to be on FB so have not kept up with yoru excellent posts – just saw this and was able to sit up long enough to appreciate this one – your thoughts are totally in line with one of my heroes, Dr, Jordan Peterson, and I will be surprised if you are not a follower of his incredible videos, podcasts and books. I have enjoyed his lectures more in the last year, than I did in all my years of studies in philosophy and psychology. BTW I wanted to give you an update – you may know that I was near death a little over a week ago; my oxygen sat levels were just above the ‘critical’ life threatening level (60s) and I was unable to walk more than a few feet without sitting or sort of collapsing for a while. I was driven to the ER and given oxygen, steroids and antibiotics. I am able to walk through the house now if I don’t move too fast and carry my little inhaler or my small nebulizer with me I am OK. So I am improving slowly. Just started my second – and hopefully last! – round of a different antibiotic. I have not been online, or up to talking on the phone due to being short of breath but again, that is improving. Mostly I am just sleepy and still rather weak, and still coughing but I know it takes longer to recover from things when we are older. So I am happy to be as well off as I am. Hoping you are all doing well there. All the best, j