Income Equality: Undesirable, Unattainable

"While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material possession can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers." - F.A. Hayek

When pundits and journalists talk about ideology, we get the impression that they're maligning the people they disagree with and using ideology to define an unfeasible dream that could never come to fruition. We hear the word thrown around during political debates as a means to discredit opponents and critics. The word is often used to end debates and declare whoever uses it first the winner by default. The word is seldom regarded as a positive description in modern political discourse. If we accept this definition of ideology just for the sake of argument, it's easy to conclude that the most ideological among us are those who advocate income equality.

Nothing is more unrealistic, unfeasible, and completely preposterous than the idea of income equality. There is no way that all individuals with varying talents and abilities could ever be equal. Furthermore, there's no reason they should be. If you believe this, it doesn't make you cold-hearted, callous, or evil. What it makes you is rational and highly reasonable. Unfortunately, the world of politics is rarely rational or reasonable.

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