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by shreyansh_k 858 days ago
I hear your thoughts on equality before the law and everything. I think it is coming with a good motivation, cute even, but, dare I say, not everybody deserves to be treated equally, if we were even willing to tussle for the sake of equality (and by extension, fairness, see my previous comment).

There are capitalists in this world. There are communists in this world. There are Christians in this world. There are Muslims in this world.

I'm not taking any sides. I'm just saying that it is impossible for all of them to be right... Because they are mutually exclusive ideologies/religions. Someone is bound to be wrong. Therefore, someone deserves to be treated poorly by the law. Infact, dare I say, all these 4 groups are being a bit childish. Also, "totalitarian" is also another such group. Anyway, personally, for the current situation of the world, I think that the world needs at least one adult leader at the helm. In other words, dare I say, a single leader. No, definitely not someone who believes in totalitarianism.

Finally, personally, I think that if I fail to feed my children properly, then, it's either a failure on the part of society to educate me properly or to manage the resources. I am, afterall, a product my society.

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Sure moral relativity everything is equivalent, there is no morality. I assume you're OK with someone stealing all your things, because it's OK in their moral framework.

Also you might want to actually watch the movie. The whole point about growing inequality is that society is failing to provide economic opportunity because inequality is going through the roof. Education will not help you because of the economic realities.

Please don't put words into my mouth.

If someone culture is to be honest and not steal, they don't. But having an ideology is not a invitation to force ones own values on to other people. I'd like to live in a honest world and that's the part of the world I limit myself to. I do not force my views onto others or claim to speak for other cultures.

Secondly, in response to your second paragraph, I'd like to quote another sibling comment of mine already in this thread.

Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39414190