I wish more people on this site would refrain from chucking crap arguments against a wall hoping they’ll stick. It’s exhausting to have to constantly point out invalid arguments to people who can’t be bothered to take responsibility for their intellectual pollution.

> the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

If we accept this definition, and the United States scores poorly, then it means that either:

* not all people are treated as equal * or not all people have equal rights * or not all people have equal opportunities

Could you please clarify how your comment is relevant as a response to a comment about egalitarianism?

Stated differently: if your comment is true, what is the implication?

I meant to reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18789008 , agree my comment makes little sense when read as a reply to you.