On equality
The concept of equality is a key element on which it seems that our society is built from immemorial ages. Its absence and different meanings are influencing our lives to some extent.
In view of tackling the matter briefly, I should start by pointing out that equality should not be misconstrued by pretending that we are all identical. A more proper way to put it would be that we all should have the opportunity to make anything in our power to achieve something, to prove that we are worthy, to obtain some respect and recognition or whatever our heart desires, it does not matter, and, subsequently, the best one should succeed, according to an ideal world, in which we do not live, unfortunately. So a lot of unfair, brutal things happen, and the best thing we can do is to offer to everyone the chance to obtain something, and then to sit and wait for the outcome, which might appear unsatisfying and cruel, even if the premises regarding the human factor were as balanced as possible, in which case there is nothing we can do except to blame the absurdity and coldness of the universe. But often our race creates awful, selective laws on the power of which only a select group could rely, then the others rebel and change the situation in their favour, and so we face again an infringement of the meritocracy, the movement of the extremes pointing towards our inability to create a utopian world. The sole solution, despite our constantly supining efforts, would be, in my mind, to attempt to avoid the violence of any kind and the squalid misery to which some of us are, sadly, doomed, meanwhile not supporting the fanatics, although their ideas might seem good and promising at first, because any thought, if followed relentlessly, becomes a dogma, which leads to revolutions and endless prolonging of suffering and atrocity.
Now, the unique resolution of the dilemma is related to the transcendent, meaning the religion or other mystical beliefs. We are all equal in the eyes of God, they say. This spiritual matter is a tacky one, so I would retain myself on expanding upon it, yet, generally speaking, what they promise is delivered in a delayed future, like the afterlife or the Nirvana, so we are left unfulfilled, still fumbling, craving for an equality which never arrives, and, when sometimes it happens to some extent, our insatiable ego might not recognise it or qualify as its opposite.
Wherever we look, there is always a dead end. Should we give up? Yes, to some extent, as with renouncement might come consolation and peace. And, most importantly, I would suggest not to analyze it too much and not try to obtain it with despair, which does not mean that one must stay idle if something terrible takes place in the vicinity, of course, if that does not imply harming yourself or the others. And that should be it, I suppose. All further action is just a desperate try to rationalize the universe and make it less scary. Because, ultimately, what is equality? A word, a symbol among other systems. And the language is a limited instrument, although the apex of logic.