Is Equality really important?

At present many people tend to believe that inequality is a big problem and that the fact that few have much and many have little affects society negatively.

Well, although many times this thought is well intentioned, because it is a direct emotional reaction to the problem of poverty, it is not entirely accurate, and ends up generating even more problems for all social groups, including the poor people.

To understand the problem of inequality we must go back thousands, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands years ago, when technology did not exist. In those moments there was full equality, nobody had absolutely nothing, neither clothes, nor riches, not even sticks.

But as we evolved and created a greater range of objects and material resources inequality began to rise, since it is only after there is wealth that inequality can be generated. In this way we can know that equality is closely related to the scarcity of resources, and inequality with the abundance of these.

Wait ... what inequality do we talk about?

When we talk about economic inequality, which is what we have been referring to throughout the post, we must understand that we are talking about a merely materialistic concept. In fact, economic inequality was one of Marx's most aggressive points against Western society, because in his materialist conception of history there was no spiritual life, not even faith, or something beyond the material.

The material is everything, and everything is the material, therefore no matter the effort or dedication, but the result.

If you think you are different from Marx in criticizing inequality, maybe you should think twice.

Inequality itself is not a problem, since nature does not produce in series, and we are not all equal.

Economic inequality is not a problem either, but on the contrary, economic equality itself, since it is a fallacious concept, why not all men work the same, we do not all think the same, we do not all have the same abilities, not all men are equal of intelligent, nor do we have the same aptitudes, so, why should we have the same amount of material resources? If all men proceed differently, why should we have the same results?

Many poor people have learned to victimize themselves, since in today's society results are more important than procedure, so that if two men have economic inequalities among themselves, then it will not matter if one is dedicated and the other is lazy, what really It will matter that they have uneven results, and therefore something goes wrong.

When we have a poor person, who also does not have the least hope in progressing because he thinks he is a victim of society, and that his poverty is due not to his disability, but to external ones. Then we have a true social weight that does not produce at all the wealth it consumes. Practically, a parasite.

Let it be clear that I do not mean all the poor, and perfectly and first hand that not all are like this, but we cannot victimize them and make them believe that their misfortune is due to external causes, because then we will have created a beast that refuses to progress, which consumes more resources than it generates, and that above all, is not responsible for its destiny, blaming everyone for its misfortune.

Help the poor people

Whether or not there is to help the poor is in the hands of each one of us, I personally think it is very important, since many of these people are very influenced by the environment that surrounds them, and I do not speak of houses or objects materials, but of people. Many people with scarce material resources lose their hope and faith in personal progress because their relationships and people close them put ideas of stagnation in their heads and make them believe that they cannot progress.

I know a personal case, a childhood friend with whom I studied, that despite being very intelligent and having very good school grades, with a very good future if he wanted, he preferred to settle and not even try to make more progress because his friends (of few resources) made him believe that this was impossible. (And no, I'm not plagiarizing Good Will Hunting, this happens)

Poverty is mental, and if we really want to help, then we must help them help themselves, the best help a person with scarce resources can receive is not money or objects, but education and perseverance, if a poor person knows that he can do what he wants and nothing will stop him, then that person stops being poor.

Returning to the central theme, that there are people with many resources does not make the poor poorer, and is not preventing these poor people from progressing, the only thing that prevents people with few resources from progressing are themselves (with an evident exception with respect to the kids), it does not matter if the rich are few and have a lot of money, if these people are there justly, then that is why they proportionally benefited society.

Nor am I defending the rich, I know that many of them are up there not by merit but by corruption and government intervention, but seeking equality and redistribution is not a solution, but a problem.