Re:People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness
by wwweston on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:52AM
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The fact that you have to make this distinction in order to clarify the progressive case shows a rhetorical weakness in the position.
Progressives should want to avoid this having be part of the field of discussion. You don't want to get into a fight about what you really mean, particularly when there are so many who are eager to misrepresent progressive motivations precisely as the desire to try to make everyone equal in outcome. And this makes it trivial for political opposition to persuade people who value conscientiousness to be suspicious of progressive positions.
Progressives should want to avoid this having be part of the field of discussion. You don't want to get into a fight about what you really mean, particularly when there are so many who are eager to misrepresent progressive motivations precisely as the desire to try to make everyone equal in outcome. And this makes it trivial for political opposition to persuade people who value conscientiousness to be suspicious of progressive positions.
Just start with "fair deals" as the value.