is there equality
can equality exist? its an interesting question. this has come up a few times before here on the website.
we seem to be interested in this question...
humans are not as complicated as we like think.
we're born with constraints and needs, and soon learn to adapt to this world. we fibd our way to do things and this way, this system of oparation, once its set, and all the provisions and rules that dictate how we go about existing are solidified. it guides us through life. whenever new challenges pop up, whenever new experiences appear, we go to this users nanual , which is mostly subconcious, and get a 'fix'. the only change a person goes through is in detail and not in form. alteration of this code is mostly impossible though we may find ways to use internal conflicts between different imperatives to find a way to step beyond ourselves. but any change must be contained within this system.
now what does that have to do with the uestion at hand?
well...its the fact that people vary greatly in both needs, and the constraints of this existebtial system, are a result humans can not be reconciled with each other. we just can't. sooner or later, all that could happen to set people apart will happen. mere locality, language, physical condition gender, age etc. will throw an ever increasing wedge between people.
every culture tries to deal with this sad fact to a certain extent but all fail at some point.
definitions of equality are also varied. some put a legal pretence, that all shoukd be equal under the rule of law (which is an impossibility), some try to reach a material equality (which will alnost certainly require all to conform to some very strict behavior and fail..). there is the concept of equality in respobsibility, in morality, in physicality and mortality. but they , like all other ideas of man are limited, biased, and ultimatly erroneous.
we can say that we are all equal in our eventual fate. we can say that we are equal in our basic needs but not ALL our needs, we are all equal at being occasionally right, we are all equal at being wrong at times.
and so history, as i see it, is not a straight line, of advancement. it is not a stage were the struggles of man came to be resolved.
nothing gets resolved. but nothing ends either.
perhaps our equality is already acheived. we all became living, and we all came to know some things in this life. that is all we seem to be able to provide for everyone.