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Absolute Equality and the War on Discrimination is Harming Our Society
How the quest for a fair and equal society has lost its way
Equality of opportunity is not the same as equality of outcomes
At the risk of attracting the wrath of the PC brigade, I feel I have to point out that we have taken certain aspects of our quest for a fair and equal society too far.
Across many sectors of society, we are seeing a growing trend to push for equality of outcomes as an absolute necessity. If you believe the current narrative, everyone, regardless of circumstance, must be treated as equal in every sense of the word with no form of discrimination tolerated. It is a concept that sounds great at face value, but on deeper reflection, it has implications that are far from ideal.
Somewhere along the way, our quest for a fair and level playing field has resulted in us becoming an overly entitled society. Many people expect to be handed their every desire on a silver platter, which has led to a situation in which people are becoming afraid to reward talent and ability for fear of being accused of discrimination.
We have, in essence, forgotten that equality of opportunity is vastly different to equality of outcome.
