Classical liberal equality vs. socialist equality: different people equal under the law vs. difference under the law to make people literally equal. Rousseau was a terrible philosopher. He thought the attainment of wealth was a zero-sum game. Everyone should thus run off into the wilderness to avoid conflict. If people should live together they should form a social contract which entailed democratic socialism where everybody decides collectively what to do with wealth. It lead to the back to nature movement during the 60's and 70's.
Rawls’ assertion of what people would choose seems to entirely exclude ethics and economics, leaving only shortsighted materialistic motives. What if someone thinks that coercion to bring about an egalitarian society would be monstrous and unacceptable, like opposing mass robbery, central planning of people’s lives, and the abolition of the family? Economically, he first seems to ignore the question of whether an egalitarian or a free society would be more productive, only to later acknowledge how egalitarian measures destroy wealth with some inconsistent and arbitrary standard of only allowing inequality where it helps the poor. But who gets to decide where it helps them, and where does he cut it off? Would not restricting the pay of an extremely productive CEO demotivate then from being so productive? And what of the damaging cultural effects of redistribution to the receivers? Couldn’t it promote anti-social behavior in encouraging them to not seek to improve their productivity in serving others and instead live more comfortably off of others’ work? His philosophy is inconsistent from the start.
6 years ago we're laughing about pronouns, fast forward to today and I get emails from human beings who think they need to tell me what their pronouns are.
A negative description of equality (egalitarianism) is..."to discard the notion of preventing a human from doing anything they are capable of, for no good reason".....
I disagree with rawls so much with his conclusion that people without knowledge would chose equality. especially those that were born poor. Did he not understand gambling? Everyone thinks they will get lucky. It is my opinion that if some supreme being sat us down and gave us the chance to decide, we would have arrived at the natural laws.
All equality means is a person can't use their advantage to exploit or disregard another person - or their wealth as a position of power. People are threatened by it are those who benefit from or wish to continue their exploitation
Fenrir 787 Or disregard? What? I’ll ignore whoever I want. Jokes aside your definition is already in place. I like Ayn Rand’s view of racist company policy in that it will bankrupt a company. No company can AFFORD to ignore any potential customer and therefore your definition is already in place.
*Science Breaking News: Kansas Actually Flatter Than A Pancake by Erin Podolak ~ Tuesday, August 16th 2011. As the old saying goes Kansas, like many midwestern states, is as flat as a pancake. Somehow, pancakes became the golden standard for flatness, but do they really deserve such a title? A team of researchers from Texas State University and Arizona State University decided to find out. The researchers scientifically tested whether or not the state of Kansas was as flat as a pancake, and were surprised at what they found. Pancakes might be flat, but they are by no means the golden standard. The state of Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake. Who would have thought that was possible? The researchers figured this out by gathering data from the US Geological Survey about the topography of Kansas. They then obtained sample pancakes from none other than that breakfast staple, The International House of Pancakes. Armed with science and breakfast, the researchers headed into the lab. The researchers used a confocal laser microscope to compare the flatness quotient of a pancake to the USGS data about Kansas. For something to be perfectly flat (1.0) it would need to have no two points on its surface at different levels. A 2cm strip of pancake was placed under the microscope, and the researchers found that it was surprisingly inconsistent (0.957) with some sharp peaks and a lump in the center. Kansas, on the other hand, was pretty darn close to the perfectly flat designation, coming in at 0.9997. According to the researchers, this makes the state flatter than a pancake. Now, this isn’t to say that Kansas is as flat as it gets, as it does fall short of perfect and there are bound to be some hills or other “spikey” things that would keep it from that designation, but the researchers were able to conclude that a pancake is shockingly bumpy and doesn’t deserve to be the golden standard for flatness.* *The Earth is Not Moving! The heliocentric theory, literally “flying” in the face of direct observation, experimental evidence and common sense, maintains that the ball-Earth is spinning around its axis at 1,000 miles per hour, revolving around the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, while the entire solar system rotates around the Milky Way galaxy at 500,000 miles per hour, and the Milky Way speeds through the expanding Universe at over 670,000,000 miles per hour, yet no one in history has ever felt a thing! We can feel the slightest breeze on a summer’s day, but never one iota of air displacement from these incredible speeds! Heliocentrists claim with a straight face that their ball-Earth spins at a constant velocity dragging the atmosphere in such a manner as to perfectly cancel all centrifugal, gravitational, and inertial forces so we do not feel the tiniest bit of motion, perturbation, wind or air resistance! Such back-peddling, damage-control reverse-engineered explanations certainly stretch the limits of credibility and the imagination, leaving much to be desired by discerning minds. If the Earth and atmosphere are constantly revolving Eastwards at 1,000 mph, how is it that clouds, wind, and weather patterns casually and unpredictably go every which way, often travelling in opposing directions simultaneously? Why can we feel the slightest Westward breeze but not the Earth’s incredible supposed 1,000 mph Eastward spin!? And how is it that the magic velcro of gravity is strong enough to drag miles of Earth’s atmosphere along, but weak enough to allow little bugs, birds, clouds and planes to travel freely unabated in any direction?* *We must take it on faith as mathematical proof doesn't exist.* *N.A.S.A. on Speed:* *The Earth's orbital speed around the sun is 67,000 m.p.h.* *The sun's orbital speed around the galaxy is 450,000 m.p.h.* *The speed of the ground beneath your feet, as a result of the Earth's* *rotation is* *600 m.p.h. at the latitude of Sheffield (53 degrees);* *1,000 m.p.h. at the equator.* *The Earth travels 584 million miles per year (one trip around the sun); that's* *1,600,000 miles per day; 66,667 miles traveled each hour* *“The distance across St. George's Channel, between Holyhead and Kingstown Harbour, near Dublin, is at least 60 statute miles. It is not an uncommon thing for passengers to notice, when in, and for a considerable distance beyond the centre of the Channel, the Light on Holyhead Pier, and the Poolbeg Light in Dublin Bay. The Lighthouse on Holyhead Pier shows a red light at an elevation of 44 feet above high water; and the Poolbeg Lighthouse exhibits two bright lights at an altitude of 68 feet; so that a vessel in the middle of the Channel would be 30 miles from each light; and allowing the observer to be on deck, and 24 feet above the water, the horizon on a globe would be 6 miles away. Deducting 6 miles from 30, the distance from the horizon to Holyhead, on the one hand, and to Dublin Bay on the other, would be 24 miles. The square of 24, multiplied by 8 inches, shows a declination of 384 feet. The altitude of the lights in Poolbeg Lighthouse is 68 feet; and of the red light on Holyhead Pier, 44 feet. Hence, if the earth were a globe, the former would always be 316 feet and the latter 340 feet below the horizon!” -- Dr. Samuel Rowbotham,* ~ *_Earth Not a Globe!_* *“The lights which are exhibited in lighthouses are seen by navigators at distances at which, according to the scale of the supposed ‘curvature’ given by astronomers, they ought to be many hundreds of feet, in some cases, down below the line of sight! For instance: the light at Cape Hatteras is seen at such a distance (40 miles) that, according to theory, it ought to be nine-hundred feet higher above the level of the sea than it absolutely is, in order to be visible! This is a conclusive proof that there is no ‘curvature,’ on the surface of the sea - ‘the level of the sea,’- ridiculous though it is to be under the necessity of proving it at all: but it is, nevertheless, a conclusive proof that the Earth is not a globe.” -- William Carpenter,* *_100 Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe_*
I don't support the argument against equality. It depends which way you look at it.I think of it in justice and fairness and tp balance things.Its something people hope for. I think of it in skin colour and sexual orientation if for example white heterosexuals want to meet other white heterosexuals in order to raise children then if the immigration is unregulated then there is the potential for an overpopulation of one group of people which limit others freedom of choice.However that doesn't mean I'm endorsing racial segregation .I never agreed that the late British Politician and veteran of the Second World War Enoch Powell was Racist but was just being realistic in the same way that overpopulation of Grey Squirrels in Britain has led to the virtual extinction of Red Squirrels.I presented that to the left who said that you can't compare squirrels to people which I found a ridiculous rebuttal of the metaphor I'd used to describe the concept I presented for Egalitarianism.I understand that could easily get confused with Fascism and being prejudiced and restricting freedom But I wasn't endorsing anything aggressive like that or the disgusting slavery and racial segregation of the past.its like a pedigree dog breeder inst going to allow the pedigree to copulate with other breeds unless they don't care and want to see an end to the pedigree.People just cant tolerate the fact that the white race is potentially in danger of extinction if there was never any regulation of self control.Its just dismissed as racist and right wing but it;s a valid point.
This video is ridden with truth bombs. I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet.
It's because it sounds like a lecture
Much love for Llew.
virtuovuce
Fantastic speech! Incredibly dense with content.
Such clarity it makes Me tear eyed! Thanks Lew and The Mises Institute.
That was just beautiful.
Egalitarianism makes us all equally... mediocre.
Lew is a great speaker.
Excellence isn't possible if all are made equal.
thanks LL
Classical liberal equality vs. socialist equality:
different people equal under the law vs. difference under the law to make people literally equal.
Rousseau was a terrible philosopher. He thought the attainment of wealth was a zero-sum game. Everyone should thus run off into the wilderness to avoid conflict. If people should live together they should form a social contract which entailed democratic socialism where everybody decides collectively what to do with wealth.
It lead to the back to nature movement during the 60's and 70's.
Marx wasn’t an egalitarian
@@isidoreaerys8745 Care to elaborate?
Rawls’ assertion of what people would choose seems to entirely exclude ethics and economics, leaving only shortsighted materialistic motives.
What if someone thinks that coercion to bring about an egalitarian society would be monstrous and unacceptable, like opposing mass robbery, central planning of people’s lives, and the abolition of the family?
Economically, he first seems to ignore the question of whether an egalitarian or a free society would be more productive, only to later acknowledge how egalitarian measures destroy wealth with some inconsistent and arbitrary standard of only allowing inequality where it helps the poor.
But who gets to decide where it helps them, and where does he cut it off? Would not restricting the pay of an extremely productive CEO demotivate then from being so productive? And what of the damaging cultural effects of redistribution to the receivers? Couldn’t it promote anti-social behavior in encouraging them to not seek to improve their productivity in serving others and instead live more comfortably off of others’ work?
His philosophy is inconsistent from the start.
6 years ago we're laughing about pronouns, fast forward to today and I get emails from human beings who think they need to tell me what their pronouns are.
Based
A negative description of equality (egalitarianism) is..."to discard the notion of preventing a human from doing anything they are capable of, for no good reason".....
I disagree with rawls so much with his conclusion that people without knowledge would chose equality. especially those that were born poor. Did he not understand gambling? Everyone thinks they will get lucky. It is my opinion that if some supreme being sat us down and gave us the chance to decide, we would have arrived at the natural laws.
All equality means is a person can't use their advantage to exploit or disregard another person - or their wealth as a position of power. People are threatened by it are those who benefit from or wish to continue their exploitation
Fenrir 787
Or disregard? What?
I’ll ignore whoever I want.
Jokes aside your definition is already in place. I like Ayn Rand’s view of racist company policy in that it will bankrupt a company. No company can AFFORD to ignore any potential customer and therefore your definition is already in place.
*Science Breaking News: Kansas Actually Flatter Than A Pancake by Erin Podolak ~ Tuesday, August 16th 2011. As the old saying goes Kansas, like many midwestern states, is as flat as a pancake. Somehow, pancakes became the golden standard for flatness, but do they really deserve such a title? A team of researchers from Texas State University and Arizona State University decided to find out. The researchers scientifically tested whether or not the state of Kansas was as flat as a pancake, and were surprised at what they found. Pancakes might be flat, but they are by no means the golden standard. The state of Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake. Who would have thought that was possible? The researchers figured this out by gathering data from the US Geological Survey about the topography of Kansas. They then obtained sample pancakes from none other than that breakfast staple, The International House of Pancakes. Armed with science and breakfast, the researchers headed into the lab. The researchers used a confocal laser microscope to compare the flatness quotient of a pancake to the USGS data about Kansas. For something to be perfectly flat (1.0) it would need to have no two points on its surface at different levels. A 2cm strip of pancake was placed under the microscope, and the researchers found that it was surprisingly inconsistent (0.957) with some sharp peaks and a lump in the center. Kansas, on the other hand, was pretty darn close to the perfectly flat designation, coming in at 0.9997. According to the researchers, this makes the state flatter than a pancake. Now, this isn’t to say that Kansas is as flat as it gets, as it does fall short of perfect and there are bound to be some hills or other “spikey” things that would keep it from that designation, but the researchers were able to conclude that a pancake is shockingly bumpy and doesn’t deserve to be the golden standard for flatness.*
*The Earth is Not Moving! The heliocentric theory, literally “flying” in the face of direct observation, experimental evidence and common sense, maintains that the ball-Earth is spinning around its axis at 1,000 miles per hour, revolving around the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, while the entire solar system rotates around the Milky Way galaxy at 500,000 miles per hour, and the Milky Way speeds through the expanding Universe at over 670,000,000 miles per hour, yet no one in history has ever felt a thing! We can feel the slightest breeze on a summer’s day, but never one iota of air displacement from these incredible speeds! Heliocentrists claim with a straight face that their ball-Earth spins at a constant velocity dragging the atmosphere in such a manner as to perfectly cancel all centrifugal, gravitational, and inertial forces so we do not feel the tiniest bit of motion, perturbation, wind or air resistance! Such back-peddling, damage-control reverse-engineered explanations certainly stretch the limits of credibility and the imagination, leaving much to be desired by discerning minds. If the Earth and atmosphere are constantly revolving Eastwards at 1,000 mph, how is it that clouds, wind, and weather patterns casually and unpredictably go every which way, often travelling in opposing directions simultaneously? Why can we feel the slightest Westward breeze but not the Earth’s incredible supposed 1,000 mph Eastward spin!? And how is it that the magic velcro of gravity is strong enough to drag miles of Earth’s atmosphere along, but weak enough to allow little bugs, birds, clouds and planes to travel freely unabated in any direction?*
*We must take it on faith as mathematical proof doesn't exist.*
*N.A.S.A. on Speed:*
*The Earth's orbital speed around the sun is 67,000 m.p.h.*
*The sun's orbital speed around the galaxy is 450,000 m.p.h.*
*The speed of the ground beneath your feet, as a result of the Earth's* *rotation is*
*600 m.p.h. at the latitude of Sheffield (53 degrees);*
*1,000 m.p.h. at the equator.*
*The Earth travels 584 million miles per year (one trip around the sun); that's*
*1,600,000 miles per day; 66,667 miles traveled each hour*
*“The distance across St. George's Channel, between Holyhead and Kingstown Harbour, near Dublin, is at least 60 statute miles. It is not an uncommon thing for passengers to notice, when in, and for a considerable distance beyond the centre of the Channel, the Light on Holyhead Pier, and the Poolbeg Light in Dublin Bay. The Lighthouse on Holyhead Pier shows a red light at an elevation of 44 feet above high water; and the Poolbeg Lighthouse exhibits two bright lights at an altitude of 68 feet; so that a vessel in the middle of the Channel would be 30 miles from each light; and allowing the observer to be on deck, and 24 feet above the water, the horizon on a globe would be 6 miles away. Deducting 6 miles from 30, the distance from the horizon to Holyhead, on the one hand, and to Dublin Bay on the other, would be 24 miles. The square of 24, multiplied by 8 inches, shows a declination of 384 feet. The altitude of the lights in Poolbeg Lighthouse is 68 feet; and of the red light on Holyhead Pier, 44 feet. Hence, if the earth were a globe, the former would always be 316 feet and the latter 340 feet below the horizon!” -- Dr. Samuel Rowbotham,* ~ *_Earth Not a Globe!_*
*“The lights which are exhibited in lighthouses are seen by navigators at distances at which, according to the scale of the supposed ‘curvature’ given by astronomers, they ought to be many hundreds of feet, in some cases, down below the line of sight! For instance: the light at Cape Hatteras is seen at such a distance (40 miles) that, according to theory, it ought to be nine-hundred feet higher above the level of the sea than it absolutely is, in order to be visible! This is a conclusive proof that there is no ‘curvature,’ on the surface of the sea - ‘the level of the sea,’- ridiculous though it is to be under the necessity of proving it at all: but it is, nevertheless, a conclusive proof that the Earth is not a globe.” -- William Carpenter,*
*_100 Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe_*
Wow in 2015 using nonsense pronouns was laughed at do they now use them at the Mises institute
Never gonna happen.
I don't support the argument against equality. It depends which way you look at it.I think of it in justice and fairness and tp balance things.Its something people hope for. I think of it in skin colour and sexual orientation if for example white heterosexuals want to meet other white heterosexuals in order to raise children then if the immigration is unregulated then there is the potential for an overpopulation of one group of people which limit others freedom of choice.However that doesn't mean I'm endorsing racial segregation .I never agreed that the late British Politician and veteran of the Second World War Enoch Powell was Racist but was just being realistic in the same way that overpopulation of Grey Squirrels in Britain has led to the virtual extinction of Red Squirrels.I presented that to the left who said that you can't compare squirrels to people which I found a ridiculous rebuttal of the metaphor I'd used to describe the concept I presented for Egalitarianism.I understand that could easily get confused with Fascism and being prejudiced and restricting freedom But I wasn't endorsing anything aggressive like that or the disgusting slavery and racial segregation of the past.its like a pedigree dog breeder inst going to allow the pedigree to copulate with other breeds unless they don't care and want to see an end to the pedigree.People just cant tolerate the fact that the white race is potentially in danger of extinction if there was never any regulation of self control.Its just dismissed as racist and right wing but it;s a valid point.
What mind numbing drivel
I don't think brainlets are qualified to speak on the mind.
speak for yourself
Too much word salad, too many mispronunciations, and I lost interest.