General Anti-Leftism: People are not equally competent, nor virtuous, nor do they deserve equal social power as compensation for their lack of ability at accruing institutional power (starting positions on such capital tho may best be equalized).
Could I ask you to taboo ‘deserve’ in this context?
Could I ask you to taboo ‘deserve’ in this context?
A society where extraordinary achievement due to skill or effort isn’t matched by appropriately rewards is neither aesthetically pleasing nor fun to live in. We should somewhat try and shape society according to this observation.
Please be careful not to treat these as one-place functions. Consider the position of a person who is now being told that despite their and their teachers’ and parents’ best efforts, they simply have not accrued enough “extraordinary achievements” to make (say) medical care for their chronic pain an “appropriate reward” for them. That person may not agree that this makes society more aesthetically pleasing or fun to live in.
Could I ask you to taboo ‘deserve’ in this context?
A society where extraordinary achievement due to skill or effort isn’t matched by appropriately rewards is neither aesthetically pleasing nor fun to live in. We should somewhat try and shape society according to this observation.
Please be careful not to treat these as one-place functions. Consider the position of a person who is now being told that despite their and their teachers’ and parents’ best efforts, they simply have not accrued enough “extraordinary achievements” to make (say) medical care for their chronic pain an “appropriate reward” for them. That person may not agree that this makes society more aesthetically pleasing or fun to live in.
To be clear; you’re saying that equal distribution of fun things is less fun? I can see how that’d be.