Human plurality, the basic condition of both action and speech, has the twofold character of equality and distinction. If men were not equal, they could… Read More »Hannah Arendt on speech and action, equality and distinction
America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola,… Read More »Andy Warhol on coke, hotdogs and American equality
David Harvey and Schumpeter both point out Marx’s enormous admiration of the dynamism and power of capitalism, even as he sought to destroy it. This… Read More »Karl Marx on the power of capitalism and globalisation
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody… Read More »Harrison Bergeron: Kurt Vonnegut imagines true equality
Jane has one pie. John has none. Should Jane give John a slice? The situation is unequal, but we need some context – including some… Read More »A slice of the pie