Friedrich Hayek wrote, “Equality of the general rules of law and conduct… is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty.  Not only has liberty nothing to do with any sort of equality, but it is even bound to produce inequality in many respects.  This is the necessary result and part of the justification of individual liberty: if the result of individual liberty did not demonstrate that some manners of living are more successful than others, much of the case for it would vanish.” Thus while radical egalitarianism encompasses economic equality, it more broadly involves prostrating the individual.

Equality, as understood by the American Founders, is the natural right of every individual to live freely under self-government, to acquire and retain the property he creates through his own labor, and to be treated impartially before a just law.  Moreover, equality should not be confused with perfection, for man is also imperfect, making his application of equality, even in the most just society, imperfect.

From From Ameritopia by Mark Levin

HKO comments:

Two points:

If the free markets are imperfect because they are run by humans, exactly who does one propose to run the central planning authorities to correct them?  Do we really think that political self interest serves us better than economic self interest?

“treated impartially before a just law”–  how can even the blindest sycophants support a health care bill passed in the most partisan, politically clumsy way, unread by any of the Representatives, and then requiring thousands of waivers distributed to the most politically connected?

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