Above all else, things must be fair
Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by Tommy Newberry in Socialism, The War on Success, Virtue
For statists, above all else, things must be fair. And by “things,” they mean everything. And by “fair,” they don’t mean equal opportunity or equal rules—they mean equal outcomes.
The problem is that life is naturally unfair. Liberty breeds inequality—when people are free, those who are smarter, better motivated, and harder-working will achieve more than others. So the only way to ensure equal outcomes is to strangle liberty. In other words, the more government tries to make life fair, the less fair it becomes.
Fairness is a pleasant-sounding word for sure, but it is no substitute for freedom. And when applied by the government, the fairness Statitude [state-driven mindset] depresses freedom by manipulating results in favor of a preferred individual or group.
Thus, “fairness” has become standard code language for all sorts of social engineering objectives that clash with the intentions of our Founding Fathers, including but not limited to income redistribution, affirmative action, gender quotas, and minority set-asides.
Just about the only “fair” thing a statist doesn’t like is a fair tax.
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