The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that equality is not a desirable concept. I believe that every time equality is sought, it tends to create in turn a high degree of injustice, and this is because in the world no two people are the same, not at all, in fact, we are all different, and trying to make two people equal or to treat them the same in spite of all their differences seems to me that it usually either harms one or harms the other, or even harms both, but it is never fair to both. For me, equality is a concept that we took from mathematics and tried to apply to the real world in an unsatisfactory way. I don't believe that equality exists in the world we live in. Perhaps it is better to have a qualitative approach to reality rather than a quantitative one. Because if we look at qualities and not quantities, we will easily realize that everyone is unique in some way, and therefore different.
There are many people asking for equality, and I understand them, don't think I don't, they complain about all kinds of discrimination, and discrimination is usually unfair. But I think the problem is not that there is a lack of equality, I think that in fact, contradictorily, the problem is the false equality that makes people discriminate. And let's take an example, the man who discriminates against the poor, is falsely assuming that all the poor, or at least most of them, are equal, and I think that's the problem, because they are not all equal, there are honest also corrupt poor, some of there are good and some bad, there are hard working poor and lazy ones, there are infinite differences between one and the other, and what leads the first man to discriminate against all the poor is that he has a negative image of them and believes that they are all equal. For me, the problem here is the false idea of equality that man has in his head. Because not all men, and not all women, and not all of one class, ethnicity, religion, belief, etc., are the same, in fact, everyone is different. And I think that's a good thing.
So, I believe that what creates the injustice in the first place is that belief in a fictitious and illusory equality that does not exist in reality, and all we do by trying to seek more of that equality is simply increase the injustice that already exists. To refuse to see the differences is to refuse to see a part of ourselves.
Perhaps I am overlooking something but I believe that the concept of equality is not a very beneficial concept, and moreover, in practice probably unattainable. I do believe that there is a basic respect that we all deserve for the simple fact of being human, and that is something we all have in common, but that does not mean that we are equal.
Again, maybe I'm missing something. What about you, what do you think about equality?
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