Human equality/egalitarianism is fascinating: the belief in it makes people do very foolish things. It’s a religion in a way, one that keeps growing with no end in sight. Chapter 4 of this book has some interesting observations about equality. For example:

“One American general noted the contrast between the singing armies of World War I and the wisecracking armies of World War II. That difference reflects a massive cultural shift. A singing army expresses an element of romanticism, of poetry…The wisecrack, however, is a leveler, a means of bringing down the person at whom it is directed.” — from the book “Slouching Towards Gomorrah” (New York; ReganBooks, 1996) by Robert H. Bork, p. 76

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