THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EQUALITY FOR ALL

 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EQUALITY FOR ALL

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

 

Everyone is unique. Even identical twins have differences that intimate friends and relatives can distinguish. People are different, not only physically, mentally, psychologically, creatively, emotionally but in every other variable you can measure.

 

Neither can their parents treat their children exactly the same way. They can try to achieve that goal but they will never reach it. Each child being different will act in particular ways displaying certain behavior patterns in specific situations. Since children are born at different times in the family, the financial situation of each child and conditions change during this time.  This makes it impossible to reach the goal of treating one’s own children the same since it cannot and does not happen.

 

Although a person is born into the upper class, it does not mean the individual will remain in this status. They may begin with superior resources. Many possess advanced education, broad cultural experiences, and material luxuries that they desire. Unexpectedly, a family could face misfortune like an accident or disease that undermines their maintaining high social status. They tumble down the economic social ladder losing their upper-class equity with previous associates. No one is granted a high status forever. As a matter of fact, today’s young adults are expected to live in a smaller home than the one they grew up living in. This will disturb many.

 

Even top Hollywood stars have to face the reality their days are numbered on top of the celebrity mountain. Top stars, high level executives, famous athletes, any and all rich and famous eventually fade from the scene. They are no longer equal to the upcoming replacements. Equality in certain areas of status comes and goes leaving many people stranded with their past memories that can never again be duplicated. This is real life.

 

Permanent equality has never and will never exist. The wiser a person becomes the more they comprehend that whatever socio-economic level a person is born into can change depending on many variables. Each social level has pros and cons. During any revolutionary unrest, high level political elites are in the unenviable position of possibly losing their power and lives. They become targets of anger instead of veneration. The wise founding fathers of the US sacrificed their elite status to fight for a freer nation.

 

The best we can accomplish in moving towards equality is a society establishing and maintaining the “equality of opportunity.” Merit is the key. Good business managers and employees are rewarded by moving up the economic ladder. This upward mobility often relieves the pressure of dealing with disgruntled employees and strengthens the business’s vitality from external competition. People who practice industriousness in their positions will be recognized and compensated and will often double their efforts to do even better. This built-in motivation in capitalist enterprises is a major factor why the system is effective and efficient.

 

The Marxist ideal of “equality for all people” is an unrealistic notion as well as unattainable because it lacks any motivation to strive for success. They only give lip service to this ridiculous idea. The history of communist take overs always winds up with a small elite, powerful ruling class and a higher number of lower-class people on the verge of starvation. Karl Marx’s rhetoric sounds too good to be true and it is.

 

Each American is in an enviable position to improve their own economic condition through their own physical, mental efforts and abilities. The free market economy does not promise the worker a certain outcome: equity. Instead it places the burden directly on the worker. It is the world’s most pragmatic and profitable system for the entrepreneur, employee and the nation. It provides incentives for the employee to advance in the enterprise, the employer to expand the business and for any inspired person to start a new one.

 

Equality for all has never been and never will be since we are all different people with different visions for ourselves and our loved ones. America gives its citizens the freedom to make their own choices, to develop their own destiny but does not guarantee equity for all. No government can accomplish this while maintaining high socio-economic standards.

 

Total equality for all would create a “Truman Story” culture where everyone would have the same houses, communities, possessions and appearances. The people would have to eat, think, behave, dream and relate with others in the same manner. It would be a boring, repressive, sterile existence with minimal creativity.

 

This equality would be a curse for all. Thank goodness the United States encourages freedom of choice for all to reach their personal dream.

 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.