What use do the above-average have with the average (in using critical thinking skills or, to summarize, any neurological skills, Myers-Briggs rare personality types, et al)?
That was my reaction to Rawls (or, more precisely, my reaction to what I came to understand about Rawls from reading Nozick).
Rawls contends that behind the veil of ignorance, no one will know what position (s)he will be born into (how smart, lucky, etc.). Hence, the safest thing is to create a society of social justice that will redistribute to those born less fortunate. And then he follows up, as I understand it, with a threat: If we do not, then the "least" among us may just decide to freak out and take what they want from the "lucky" ones by force.
My reaction was this: What stops the people who were born smarter, healthier, etc. (or who have simply shown more discipline and determination) from saying screw all y'all and creating a Galt's Gulch. And then surrounding it with tanks and living in peace and productivity and just saying, "You guys can go poke berries up your noses for all we care."
And in a sense, why shouldn't they? Why should those who have worked harder—and even those who were born luckier—be forced to share anything, either through violence or the looming threat of violence?
I mean, I know I am supposed to care. And some part of me does. But leftists have weaponized all of this so much that I have a bit of a reactionary backlash.
"Just think about the average—what use have they for you?"
Or:
What use do the above-average have with the average (in using critical thinking skills or, to summarize, any neurological skills, Myers-Briggs rare personality types, et al)?
That was my reaction to Rawls (or, more precisely, my reaction to what I came to understand about Rawls from reading Nozick).
Rawls contends that behind the veil of ignorance, no one will know what position (s)he will be born into (how smart, lucky, etc.). Hence, the safest thing is to create a society of social justice that will redistribute to those born less fortunate. And then he follows up, as I understand it, with a threat: If we do not, then the "least" among us may just decide to freak out and take what they want from the "lucky" ones by force.
My reaction was this: What stops the people who were born smarter, healthier, etc. (or who have simply shown more discipline and determination) from saying screw all y'all and creating a Galt's Gulch. And then surrounding it with tanks and living in peace and productivity and just saying, "You guys can go poke berries up your noses for all we care."
And in a sense, why shouldn't they? Why should those who have worked harder—and even those who were born luckier—be forced to share anything, either through violence or the looming threat of violence?
We are the 1% 🥷🏻
Yeah.
I mean, I know I am supposed to care. And some part of me does. But leftists have weaponized all of this so much that I have a bit of a reactionary backlash.
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