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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