Sexism, racism and the pot calling the kettle black

It’s funny I was talking about a similar hypocrisy in class last tonight. I more or less argued that it does not make sense to fight sexism and racism with reverse sexism and racism.

When people are voting for president based on skin color or sex that is sexism/racism. But in the 2008 election a lot of people thought it was about equality, they never correlated their support for Hillary or Obama as being sexist or racist.

(I am not talking about most people, but I personally know and have talked to many people that supported those two candidates based off color and sex and they openly admitted it, again never considering they were being racists and sexist.)

There is all the difference in the world between

treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

- Friedrich August Hayek.

No person should be given or prevented an opportunity based on anything other than skills and ability to succeed in whatever the job. No law should be passed to protect a group; instead all people should have the same laws and protections. There is no such thing as equality outside of everyone being under the same governmental laws. Capability's will always vary and there will always be economic inequalities; there could be nothing more natural (though they should not be aided by government subsidies and protections or regulations against their competition).

When we fail to have equality under the law, we end up with everyone wanting to use the law to push themselves up at the expanse of others. When the rich have the power they exploit the poor and when the plundered class gets the power they in turn wish to do the same.

Equality through revenge? The principles are always the same, people become what they most despise.

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