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To: aquila48

“Equal opportunity” exists - that is, a free society gives every member the chance to become what they want to be, if they can find a way to do so (within the law).

“Equal outcomes”, which is the cause of the Social Justice Warrior, cannot exist in a society based on individual liberty and responsibility. It cannot exist in a free society. It can only exist in a society where achievement is punished by confiscation of all gains above the average and redistribution through force of those gains that are stolen from the achievers.

Having said all that, the headline conflates the word “opportunity” with the meaning “outcome”.


11 posted on 01/08/2017 2:38:20 AM PST by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: MortMan
“Equal opportunity” exists - that is, a free society gives every member the chance to become what they want to be, if they can find a way to do so (within the law).

True. Yet a child in Harlem starts life with a decided disadvantage to a child in, say, Chappaqua. It's so sad to see a child in an unsafe and unsavory neighborhood, neglected by parents and attending a failing school. Big government "solutions" have failed these children.

16 posted on 01/08/2017 4:10:11 AM PST by randita (PLEASE STOP ALL THE WORTHLESS VANITIES!)
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