[IronJack]

I challenge the assertion that this movement is rooted in a quest for equality. I believe it is the fruit of egalitarianism, which differs from equality in the same way the French Revolution differed from the American Revolution. The former sought to impose on everyone the same chains of mediocrity; the latter strove to liberate everyone from the artificial constraints that held them back.

[haroldeveryman]

I agree. Just to take it a step further, “economic equality” and “individual freedom” are fundamentally incompatible. You can have one only at the expense of the other.

To the founders of the U.S., the words “freedom” and “equality” were used in sense of freedom from government coercion in the context of rule of law. In the wake of the French revolution, Europeans weasel worded the term “equality” to mean economic equality,which unfortunately can only be achieved by government coercion.

[awelliott]

I challenge the assertion that this movement is rooted in a quest for equality. I believe it is the fruit of egalitarianism, which differs from equality in the same way the French Revolution differed from the American Revolution. The former sought to impose on everyone the same chains of mediocrity; the latter strove to liberate everyone from the artificial constraints that held them back.

Absolutely true. How many government schools do you believe teach this fundamental lesson?