Thomas Sowell identifies 'formula for never-ending strife that can tear a whole society apart'
"Some time ago, burglars in England scrawled a message on the wall of a home they had looted: “RICH BASTARDS.”
"Those two words captured the spirit of the politicized vision of equality – that it was a grievance when someone was better off than themselves.
"That, of course, is not the only meaning of equality, but it is the predominant political meaning in practice, where economic “disparities” and “gaps” are automatically treated as “inequities.” If one racial or ethnic group has a lower income than another, that is automatically called “discrimination” by many people in politics, the media and academia.
"It doesn’t matter how much evidence there is that some groups work harder in school, perform better and spend more postgraduate years studying to acquire valuable skills in medicine, science or engineering. If the economic end results are unequal, that is treated as a grievance against those with better outcomes, and a sign of an “unfair” society.
"The rhetoric of clever people often confuses the undeniable fact that life is unfair with the claim that a given institution or society is unfair." ... Full article here...
