The Scam Known As Equality
image credit: https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/Inequality/introduction-to-inequality “All men are created equal”, seems like a noble sentiment made to ensure no one is hurt because of who they are. It is like one of those statements which sound very rosy on paper but don’t mean much in practice. Why? Because the very concept of equality is an illusion. No one is really the same, we try to create a sense of equality among by people by bringing surrounding conditions to what we consider normal. This may seem like a weird concept. Let me explain, lets take an example of a student. We have a Student A, an academically average student. Their friends, the cream of the crop 4.0 students with a bright future. Is A equal to his friends? No. Let us look at why. To A, their normal is getting an average score on every test while their friends’ normal is acing every test. Because of this difference in the defi...