As I said at the beginning of this series of writings related to the future of the mexicans depending on the dangers either securitieswhich may occur after the June 2 votes; I cannot stop accepting that it is a group of extremely controversial topics, which I dare to touch on due to the current situation. I am not the best in these matters, and yet I invite us to boldly think and discuss the issue with friends to achieve more clarity in what we want to live better. All.
In the previous installment I talked about the democracysaying that this one is pinnedin our mexican life current. And, to fulfill what I promised, today I will write about Equality, another social element that lies deep in the souls of our people. And from many towns since ancient times. And, depending on whether it occurs or does not occur, it has a huge influence on society as a whole. In order not to distort the context, I still affirm that it is currently pinned. And, which will inevitably influence us to continue thinking about the equality that we all want for all.
To delve into the topic, as is common in my style, I ask myself the following question: What is equality?: I will say, at the beginning, something historical, to better understand and understand its meaning. The word equality has its origin in Thomas More’s “Utopia”, written in 1516. More than 500 years ago: “Where he imagined a society in which goods are common, people work the land in cooperation and even “The homes change tenants by lottery every ten years.” Furthermore, Mr. More states: “each household also has a couple of slaves,” which tarnishes his proposal, an idea that caused general rejection and did not have general acceptance. “Still, philosophers have long been attracted to the idea of an egalitarian community.” Several of these scholars, from Rousseau to Karl Marx, have attempted to redesign society by making equality the basic principle of imagined communities.
I believe that these kinds of dilemmas always aim to establish equality in some area of human life, no matter whether they are political, educational or civil rights, and of course, it is essential that it occurs, above all, in economic results, without belittle happiness, which in the end is the culmination of all human desires.
However, promoting equality in any of these areas creates inequalities in other areas. Here is the great paradox.
However they put it to me, I believe, and I believe it well, equality is not free. There is strong evidence that countries with a good standard of living in general obtain many other benefits resulting from common efforts and worthy of imitation: longer life expectancy and a high level of literacy, lower drug consumption, lower dropout rates. schooling and lower incarceration and homicide rates.
Some countries have been more capable than others to achieve more egalitarian results, and here I have to say, our beloved Mexico is not included in the first, where egalitarian results have been preserved for many decades in almost 100% of their countries. areas. In other words, specifically, these countries have found it easy to tax those who earn the most and distribute the proceeds among the poorest citizens, thus reducing the daily inequality that citizens suffer. You have to turn to see the country that you admire so much. AMLO: Denmark.
In general, “in politics,” says More, “a phenomenon that never fails happens when you crush a tube of toothpaste; If you press here, the toothpaste accumulates there.” Ha ha.
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