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Quote by: Amuse I'd choose the second option but this too is self desrtuctive. This sounds like in ideal concept except that if everybody were equal there would be no evolution. The very fact that we have differences IS what allows each of us to understand ourself in relation to everyone else. As you stated, all societies eventually fade into history. As young as American society is I see it begining to fade already. |
Equal is not to be mistaken for the same. The Greeks gods were each distinctly different, and yet equal. The sun shines on all of us. Our laws apply to all of us. Yet we are all different.
The democracy of Athens lasted only 200 years. About as long as the US democracy has lasted. We honestly need to study history and learn from it. The US is making the same mistakes Athens made.