regarding the effects of how we interpret the idea of equality influencing how we expect it to be implemented:

A worst case would be to create a society that believes in a misplaced notion of equality. Such a society would produce people who believe they are entitled to the same standard of living as someone else who is willing to endure a great deal of work and inconvenience to arrive at that state of comfort.

Nature shows us that diligence generally leads to a life less filled with unsolvable problems, and lack of it generally leads to... problems


Yet , the whole time people are screaming that they are underprivileged, and the government needs to help them, there are immigrants coming to the same country who work 2 jobs, share their house with relatives, and manage to become relatively affluent in a single generation.

If you look at the cause and effect, I have to wonder if government is reinforcing the wrong things. Here is the golden rule of human behavior:"Behavior that is rewarded gets repeated. Behavior that is not rewarded tends to stop being repeated as people continue to look for something that works"


If we enact a policy of rewarding a lack of diligence, and punishing those who are truly generating revenue (I'm not talking about wall street weasels who don't generate anything except profits for themselves.. I'm talking about people who inconvenience themselves to add value) then it won't be long before the diligent stop doing what they do, and eveyone is standing in the "take care of me" line

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0