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jocaal
440 days ago
"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." - Milton Friedman
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WalterBright
440 days ago
Good one! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote something similar:
Enforcing equity means nobody has freedom. When people are free, there is no equity.
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mmooss
440 days ago
You might want to read up on Solzhenitsyn. Wrote some very important books, but not someone you want to quote on ethics.
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WalterBright
439 days ago
He's right on this one.
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mmooss
439 days ago
Right or wrong, that's not an appeal to an authority.
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Enforcing equity means nobody has freedom. When people are free, there is no equity.