The World Record for solving a Rubik’s Cube is 4.73 seconds. My kids can do a 2×2 in under a minute. I have never solved a Rubik’s Cube.
Inequality has existed for as long as we have.
The Greeks developed philosophy, literature and architecture when Britain was filled with “…illiterate tribal peoples, living at a primitive level.”
The Chinese invented “…the compass, printing, paper, rudders and the porcelain plates that the West call ‘chinaware’…” centuries before Europeans (Wealth, Poverty and Politics, by T. Sowell).
Equality
Some use income to measure fairness and morality. High incomes indicate greed and oppression.
Economic egalitarians believe in equal economic outcomes, regardless of effort and circumstance. Egalitarians oppose meritocracy. Continue reading “Equality, Relativity and Democracy”