Monday, October 7, 2013

No class distinction in an egalitarian society (#1711)

There seems to be a stubborn dynamic within our American politics to put a barrier between the types of citizens we are, the wealthy versus the rest of us. This cannot be allowed to be. We are a society based upon equality and justice and where inequality and injustice are ideals being defended by our representatives, we are less than who we think we are if we don't purge the nefarious transformation. Human beings are given the ability to reason for the purpose of accumulating information and when this process of accumulation is based upon concepts that deny egalitarianism we all suffer. The true attack on our American democracy is the one or ones that work to reward our differences over celebrating our similarities. Moving to a society that favors privilege and excuses wrongs in the name of deserve, is anti-democratic and the bane of all who choose to live within liberty of opportunity that does not obstruct based upon pejorative factors. I have lived long enough within the confines of our society to see that we are trending less toward egalitarian ideals, a society that compartmentalizes behaviors based upon criteria more to do with likeness and sameness, and as a result, congratulates us based upon our differences. Where fear of the unknown has infiltrated the known. I am less likely to perceive justice in our society today than the continual injustice being promulgated by those who cannot grasp the formed ideal of institutional equality of persons and how that is reflected through policy. Shall we leave this existence stronger in comparison to the past with the ideals of equality and fairness or shall we continue the trend of distinguishing between each other based upon our fear?

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