Question by John Galt: Is “Equal Opportunity” really just a form of communist oppression, dressed up as a noble idea?
Family A exercises restraint and self-discipline, working and saving and studying and praying so as to stay together and be careful in their discriminations about with whom they associate and to what sort of influnces they expose themselves. Through toil, sacrifice, pain, and creative enterprise they succeed, and their children are subsequently provided with ample material and emotional support–they enjoy many and excellent opportunities–socially, educationally, and in terms of careers. etc…they are “privileged,” because Family A has made good choices.

Family B is reckless and wild and degenerate, observing no real discretion nor discrimination about chastity nor sobriety, declines to develop their intellectual faculties, wantonly indulges themselves in all kinds of sloth and irresponsibility, and fails to develop any kind of work ethic or financial prudence, remaining insolvent and dependent on welfare & the largesse of others. Family B’s children are likely to be illegitimate bastards, their parents either divorced or never married to begin with, and starved of sustenance in terms of encouragement and all manner of nourishment, including intellectual development and financial backing…the abject abuse and neglect they endure translates into severely limited and inferior opportunites for higher education, social engagements, and business…they are “disadvantaged,” because Family B has made bad choices.

The government steps in. The government confiscates the property of Family A and gives it to Family B, so that there can be “equal opportunity.” The children of Family A are denied jobs and admission to schools, and are even disparaged in the media and in corporate “diversity” training seminars, while the children of Family B are actively recruited and awarded coveted slots in schools and companies, even when they do not merit selection based on performance criteria or character traits–all in order to achieve “equal opportunity.”

Why do we assume that it’s just a given that “equal opportunity” is some kind of sacrosanct principle of fairness? Why do we automatically assume that all inequality is due to some past instance of economic oppression, instead of the result of free exercise (or failure to exercise) the principles of liberty, of free will and choice, of proper discretion and prudent discrimination?

By insisting and enforcing that everyone have equal opportunity, aren’t we really enslaving the best of us under the tyranny of arbitrary Marxist egalitarianism, and removing all incentives for superior conduct, creativity, and careful discrimination?
By “Family” I intend to include extended family, racial group, religion, etc.–people who, by association with the character of the predominating members, either benefit or suffer from the discrimination of association, for better or worse, with the primary family members.
I see the Founding Fathers’ defense of “equal rights” as distinguishing the rights of all men from the erstwhile “divine right of kings” in their battle to overthrow the monarchy and establish self-government by consent.
I realize that often circumstances beyond one’s control contribute to poverty, however my illustration stands on its own as a typical example of choices dictating fate.
It’s amusing how some people automatically assume that anyone else would in all cases deny being a racist, or a sexist, etc.
If children are not expected to suffer the consequences of inferior breeding, what happens to the incentive to breed carefully and do a good job raising offspring?
So many people actually believe that EEO and diversity is about hiring/admitting the most qualified! One guy actually thinks there’s a difference, in practice, between affirmative action and EEO/diversity programs…unreal, how ignorant liberals are…

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Answer by Adam B
Don’t really understand what Communism is, do you comrade?

Your entire scenario is nonsense. Your assumption that people are poor because they deserve to be poor is unsupported by anything other than your opinion, and your opinion isn’t evidence.

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