Politics can be understood as a battle between social equality and individual freedom. At the extremes, both are suboptimal. While social equality ends in equality of outcome, which removes the incentives for pursuing long-term and high-risk goals, full individual freedom makes the opportunities so unequal that the outcome is determined from the start.
Politics (Thursday Thoughts)
Politics (Thursday Thoughts)
Politics (Thursday Thoughts)
Politics can be understood as a battle between social equality and individual freedom. At the extremes, both are suboptimal. While social equality ends in equality of outcome, which removes the incentives for pursuing long-term and high-risk goals, full individual freedom makes the opportunities so unequal that the outcome is determined from the start.