Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

—“There is so much misunderstanding involved in libertarian equality-bashing. Equality was not conceived as a leveling process, but as an empowerment project — to let as many people as possible realize their potential. Equality as leveling is harshly criticized by the best minds of Social Democratic theory, such as Roberto Unger.”—Asgeir Theodor Johannesson

—“Very percipient Mr. Johannesson.

And what a great difference there was between this noble conception and its fruition.

To bifurcate the two is useful. That of

– empowerment of all to fulfill a specialist working within the community (a craft), and

that of

– dragging almost everyone down to a rung below the initial average in the name of ‘equality of outcome’, or even more perniciously (seemingly surprising to the unlettered) ‘equality of opportunity’.”—Andy Curzon

THE PROBLEM OF LIBERTARIANISM’S INCOMPLETE SENTENCES AND MARXIST SUBSITUTION

Equality is an incomplete sentence open to suggestion, which is why it is yet another example of the fraud of suggestion.

Equality of adjudication of differences in disputes over property in toto? Well, that’s just natural law by which we eliminate all frictions in the hope of developing the highest velocity, and therefore lowest costs, for all.

When someone says equality, ask them equality of what?

Cheers

Curt