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Originally Posted by joeydb
Having heard the term before but wanting to be precise, I looked it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism
According to Wikipedia, the article itself referencing Webster's dictionary, there are two standard definitions for egalitarianism:
"It is defined either as a political doctrine that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights
or
as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people or the decentralization of power."
The first definition sounds like common sense and in keeping with the philosophical underpinnings of our Constitution.
The second sounds like redistribution of wealth bordering on socialism. That one I will vote against. |
you might want to study more on the second one. egalitarianism came about in france during their revolution against kings, and their supposed 'divine right'. thomas paine was instrumental in advocating that movement both here and abroad-others were as well.
you see, a decentralization of power was what our forefathers fought for eight years to gain, against the tyranny of the king (the centralized power), and against a ruling class (which caused economic equalities).
i think geo washington and the other founding fathers would be shocked that you found them socialist. of course their peers in england called them worse.
imo, romney would be less inclined toward egalitarianism than obama.