Inequality is a Necessity !?

Yes, I believe that inequality is a necessity because it brings in you the greed to grow above the crowd, it gives you the greed to think out of the box, it gives the greed to bring revolution….

But the French Revolution is the greatest example of the necessity of equality in our society. Earlier people had to live under the monarchical system with no freedom and no rights. Today we can claim our rights because equality exists!

You cannot have deserts everywhere; you need mountains and plateaus. Every creature can’t be a human, there need to be cockroaches and pigeons. They lack something but still play their roles in the ecosystem successfully.

However excessive inequality can have adverse effects. If the number of cockroaches reduces, eventually there will be an imbalance in the food web affecting the whole ecosystem. That is where equality plays its role in cutting the pizza into 6 slices or 8 slices based on the number of consumers!

But then if everybody has those things that I have equally then why should I work? I don’t have any incentive to do anything. A certain amount of inequality reflects a meritocratic society, where individuals are rewarded based on their skills, efforts, and contributions. That is why I believe inequality is an essential criterion for growth.

But if that was the case, how did India grow to 5th largest economy and the largest democracy in the world? The equal representation for everyone in our election system is proof of how equality will lead you to collective progress and inequality leads to very selective progress. Basically, it brings everyone to the same starting point of a race where you get a fair chance to win.

But, when people belong to different backgrounds, they have different perspectives. Why do we expect them to drop their ideas for maintaining equality? What did you achieve by giving the same haircut to everyone in DPRK? Is this the freedom you were talking about?

Leave DPRK, exceptions are everywhere… have you noticed sometimes why the Scandinavian countries are the top most in the Happiness Index and development index? One of the most important reasons is, all these nations also top the equality index! They have Socio-economic, political, and educational equality!

Inequality is like blood pressure: Too high could mean disaster; too low and the patient, is sluggish...

- aditi

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