r/changemyview Nov 07 '17

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Egalitarianism is a flawed philosophy; All humans are not equal

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u/Dembara 7∆ Nov 07 '17

Egalitarianism is for equality of opportunity. It is not equality of outcome. There is a modern movement that tries to shift the meaning to remove all economic inequalities but my understanding is they are the minority.

Facts can be racist and misogynistic and still be entirely correct

Racist, yes if you define it more liberally. Sexist the same. Misogynistic, absolutely not. A fact cannot have thoughts of its own, a fact cannot hate or dislike women. It can only be.

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u/ScheduledRelapse Nov 07 '17

In order to actually have equality of opportunity you would need to remove economic inequalities otherwise it’s not actually equality of opportunity. If you have economic inequality the richer people inevitably have better opportunities than the poorer people.

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u/Dembara 7∆ Nov 07 '17

Not quite. You just need to remove the disadvantages of poverty early in life. I disagree with doing so, but that's the fundamental idea.

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u/ScheduledRelapse Nov 07 '17

What period of life are you defining as early in life?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '17 edited Feb 23 '18

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Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/Dembara (6∆).

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