Why do the haves detest the idea of an egalitarian society? Why can't they tolerate parity with the have-nots?

Question

In light of the government's effort to minister the disparities, engineer a social change of inclusiveness and reorient the historical structural arrangements towards realising a true modern state where social justice, participatory democratic practices, liberal and scientific temper and equity prevails, the attitude shown by the socially, economically, politically and culturally dominant section of the society and the institutions that are dominated by them including the Indian judiciary, especially, the Supreme Court, has been medieval and prejudiced. The government needs to maintian its resolve and sustain its resilience for its commitment to work for bringing the underprivileged and the powerless to the mainstream processes of the state, social, economic and political.

Answer 1

I'm not sure of the meaning of some of the words you wrote but I for one think that the ideals our country was founded on were pretty good. Too bad we are wondering away from them at a time in history when we need them the most. A government that strives to make everything and everyone equal is called socialism it hasn't worked in the past and never will. The only thing we can hope for is the equal opportunity to live our lives as we want. As long as we abide by the laws of the land. Our constitution gave us that, no government no matter how well intentioned can give us anything else more equal. And when they try it only takes away from our freedom. The more the government and it's well intentioned bureaucratic stumble bums leave me alone the better I like it.

Answer 2

What you are advocating is Socialism, where everyone and everything is equal. On paper it always sounds great. However, in practice, it means everyone is equally poor. The egalitarian promise is the ruse by the elite to transfer wealth and power to themselves. In every effective change in society, the true believers make the best foot soldiers for the cause. After the change is effected, the true believers are pushed to the side, and the elite who used this whole social engineering ruse to gain control, now make life equally bad for everyone. The Brave New World, the Age of Aquarius, the New World Order are all myths fed to the disenchanted of the world to move them to action for the benefit of those who lust to control. It never ceases to amaze me that the strongest advocates for socialism are those who enjoy the benefits of capitalism, with food on the table, car(s) in the driveway, bed in a comfortable abode. People in socialistic states don't live this good. You think there is poverty in the inner cities in America! Go to Calcutta and see real poverty. Then come back and you will agree there is no poverty like that poverty where people are lucky to eat once a day, if that. It is the height of hypocrisy to denigrate a society while you enjoy the benefit of that society. What do you know of oppression!
People in true socialistic societies are too busy trying to survive egalitarianism. Some of them steal to survive. Everything is scarce. Everyone is equal, controllable and expendable. Everyone wants to do the least amount of work because incentive is ripped away. Why work harder than your neighbor when you won't get paid more. So productivity lags, and they bring in machine guns. Brave New World? Yeah right!

Answer 3

Egalitarian society is for sheep where all sheep look alike.
We humans thrive on competition and through competition we have evolved into the finest species in this living world. Since the animal world including bacteria and viruses (except of course, common cold and Aids, the recent chicken gunia, etc) has lost to us in the fight and competition, we found in this Kali Yuga, rivals in our own breed for good competition (true competition can never be healthy) and one-man-up-ship. We can't have even decent and straight sex, unless there is diversity in biological features between male and female and corresponding sado-masochistic feelings in the respective sexes.

Why, we can't be equals if all the stocks are quoted the same rate everyday and the bourse will be closed for good. You can't have aesthetic sense to tell a lady beautiful if all are Aishwarya Rai’s. Progress is always among unequals. The pyramids stay in the order of vertical hierarchies and they will stay there along with food pyramids and Egyptian Pyramids. Our ecosystem is dependent on biodiversity and is why the Ozone layer is staying intact and we are at least living on some oxygen; forget for a moment fraternity and equality. I appreciate more of equitability in the ratios depending on the capacity of each and demand of other for distributive justice. Despite the struggles it always ends up like that unless we are freed from death and hunger and wants to be satiated. The egalitarian society is hoped to be a chimera and let that be so. That is the reason why it was not reached in Russia and China leading to its failure. Despite the systems were strongly deep-rooted on egalitarian principles, the human mind is still (the minds of the top party brass) has the most social elements entrenched in it. (When I said social I meant man eats man).n the given scenario the human being has to find the lasting solution to keep law and order and a method in madness for minimum loss to the maximum numbers.

But, long live this unhealthy competition and it is healthy to be reasonably pessimistic, I believe.

Answer 4

That's a good idea, but Russia tried it and it dosn't work. It's called Socialism, and it is a good theory but never works in practice. Why? Think about it, anyone who makes money has to give it to the needy. Sounds good, but then those who SHOULD make alot of money (doctors) have no will to work hard, and end up coming to work drunk, or just do a sloppy job. I don't know about you, but I would rather be poor and have a decent doctor than rich and have some guy making $30,000 a year operating on me.

Answer 5

There is the golden rule. Those that have the Gold make the rules.
There was an American dream but that dream has been bought and payed for by the rich and locked up in a vault so the poor and middle class will never see it.

Answer 6

The rich people wanted to become richer and the poor to become poorer.

Answer 7

Because they think since they have, then the have-nots aren't intelligent enough to be like them.

Answer 8

Oh! boy !!
IT IS Greed