Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Confusion About Equality
One of the central reasons for
affirming a variety of small states is that gene-cultural advantages
in one environment can be a disadvantage in another, as Cattell and
others have pointed out. A tiger in one state may be a lamb in
another, or vice versa, and this causes social disruptions, which is why
immigration remains a volatile issue. These things can't be ignored
because they cause much bloodshed.
The distinction between different
groups should not be thought of as inferior and superior but as
different, and designed for different environments. Rather than
demanding that all people be unnaturally equal, with demagogic
politicians and selfish businessman exploiting this issue, real
injustice needs to be understood as trying to make unequal people
equal.
All people need to have an equal chance
to compete, genius can rise out of any class, but it is unjust to
demand an equal outcome from all people and all states. This is the
central reason for affirming a variety of largely
independent small states, with their independence protected by a light federalism
and subsidiarity.
Also, our concern is upward evolution. A
variety of states and people is good for evolution. Central research in sociobiology can be shared by all in their own way, within a moral framework.
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