This was already a near universal belief for a generation, which promptly begat our new woke overlords. You've rationalized becoming a conservative.
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Replying to @The_WGD @sonyasupposedly and
Who even sold these people on "equality of opportunity" - what a bizarre and insane idea. Has anyone ever made a case for it that didn't have an assumption - hidden or not - that "the alternative is equality of outcome"?
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @sonyasupposedly and
Equality of opportunity is as impossible as equality of outcome, but it's the older position so it feels safer.
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Replying to @The_WGD @sonyasupposedly and
"I've got the solution! We'll go back to when we only had stage one cancer!" Equality of opportunity was a tool for destroying social arrangements and was discarded when it fulfilled its purpose and was used up - not some stable point or social ideal.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @The_WGD and
FWIW I agree that the "equality of opportunity" framing is not quite it. I suspect Sonya does too and this is just the curse of 280.
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It's transparently insane outside the progressive frame. I'm a better father than you; I instill winning values in my son and pass on my better genes. Uh oh, better equalize opportunity! The only argument against that is hairsplitting about the definition of "opportunity"
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @shlevy and
Hairsplitting isn't a Schelling point
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @The_WGD and
Right, and this is why it's a poor framing. I am rich and planning to give my kids every advantage I've earned for them. I make no apology for that and reject a rallying cry that implies that. But there is something legit in what Sonya is gesturing toward.
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There is nothing legitimate about "equality of opportunity"; it's an outdated memetic weapon that kept on reproducing even though the target was destroyed long ago.
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