I have no doubt that practically every human being believes in justice as a human right. I cannot think of one time in my life where I have chosen to think that justice. as a virtue, is unworthy of my efforts to fight to maintain. Certainly there are times and situations where justice seems to be impractical or unfairly weighted as an outcome, but that is due to our implementation of justice, not the logic of justice. A society that does not value justice on an equal basis for it's citizens is not practicing democracy. It is rather instead practicing a system of favoritism based on unequal factors. The privilege of citizenship is it's own reward and is a fulfilling characteristic by itself. There is no need to adjust one's citizenship as more worthy than another. I am a proud member of our society on whole and I wish to see it become more of the ideal of it's foundation, since we are not there yet, by constantly working toward equality and justice on one level for all. My ideal thought on this is not some coordinated attempt to smother our individuality with conformity. It is rather an attempt to get us all at the same starting point so that whatever our motivations may be they will have the same opportunity to flourish. It is logical and humanely right for we humans to bring all into the sphere of a just world. We can only get there if we all are on the same starting block in life. We have different backgrounds and wealth variations, yet when we secure ourselves in working for the same goal, establishing a point in life where what we need to grow is the same for all, we not only help ourselves through integrity, but we help our society achieve the justice of a society that values progress and innovative thought as a species and not just as an individual within in our species. In summary, we are only as strong as our weakest link so let's make all our links strong.
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