Clarifying "A Question of Choice"

I put across the question of equality vs. inequality not because it is above other divisions, nuances, or gray areas but because this question is concerned with one’s desire to actualize a possible state of equality in society. There are no gray areas in this desired state. There can be differences on what will lead to an egalitarian society, what exactly one means by an egalitarian society, and other questions (such as how one defines progress in an egaliatrian state and the role of private property and private enterprise in such a state); however, every one has a certain conception of what constitutes equality. For the sake of this argument, that conception is enough.

The question is simple: Do you want to support principles/develop a new social, political, and economic model/act to change the current state of inequality in society? The question does not assume that the current state is bad nor does it imply that equality is a better state than a state of plenty (where everyone lives above basic comfort levels but some hold much more power and much more wealth than others).

Here’s a quote from Michael Foucault that has some relevance here:

"In fact we know from experience that the claim to escape from the system of contemporary reality so as to produce the overall programs of another society, of another way of thinking, another culture, another vision of the world, has led only to the return of the most dangerous traditions.”

Now, does that mean that a person who holds such an opinion wouldn’t make a choice? Or that this question is not worth answering?

A Question of Choice

Do you want to support principles that you believe will lead to an egalitarian society or those that will sustain inequality forever? Or, do you want to remain a pessimist (or a "realist" or a "pragmatist") and rule out the possibility of an equitable society? Or, would you rather remain indifferent?

The principles can be anything, can be unsound according to economic theorists, can be ridden with contradictions according to social scientists, can be non-scientific according to acknowledged scientists, can be illogical according to mathematicians, can be non-evolutionary according to Darwinian biologists--but none of these matter as far as this question is concerned. What matters is your conviction that a certain set of principles has a higher probability than other sets to create an equitable (in a social, political and economic sense) society. The principles that you support could change over time but you don't change your support because you stopped believing in the possibility of equality but because conditions and logic of the day suggest otherwise. The assumption is that your choice of these principles will be driven by your desire to live in an egalitarian society.

So, what is your choice?

Unification

National language, national culture, national symbols -- all of these have one thing in common: a concerted attempt by the dominant class to force a unified identity on disparate groups and individuals.