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Originally Posted by Willravel
I was born into a low income family. Jenna Bush was born into the wealthy elite. With freedom, we work with the cards we are given. With equality, we're given a few extra cards so that the game isn't fixed. Therein is the difference.
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Yet you probably had a higher standard of living than a poor person in India or Africa. Was that fair? Is it fair that some people are born good looking and others aren't? Some are born tall, athletic, intelligent, etc. and others aren't?
Equality has a number of meanings in political thinking. I don't know of any political school of thought which says that humans should be equal in everything. I'm not sure that would be practical or desirable. Equality in political thinking can mean economic equality, equality in the eyes of the law, equal opportunities, equal outcomes, equality of rights. perhaps it should be clarified what form of equality we mean here, since as far as i am aware libertarians do believe in some forms of equality.