HLS is in dire need of some variety and so I, ZERO PHOENIX have answered the call. Given that religious detractors deny the existence of God then existentially speaking our lives are not blessed with equal value. God created Man in His image. If there is no God however then man is simply another step in the evolutionary ladder and man as a genus is simply another type of animal. Equality does not exist in nature and as man is merely the offspring thereof, equality does not exist.
If equality does not exist then it is only natural that men who are better than others assert their dominance over the common herd. It is natural law that the smartest and strongest beasts occupy a higher level in the natural order. Man is not exempt from this simply because they are a different breed of beast so it stands to reason that Elitism is not only justified but natural.
Some men are born to be slaves just as some men are born inferior. This is not to say that a slave might be inferior because he is a slave. Rather, a slave is such because he is simply an inferior man. Individuals who lack the upward momentum to ascend the economic and social ladders can be seen as animals that lack the means to live in a natural environment. The inability to survive in its natural surroundings speaks of inferiority within the animal itself. With that said human beings judge others based on their standing. It stands to natural reason that individuals of low standing are for all intents and purposes, fundamentally inferior to their social superiors.
Some men are born to dominate. Others are born to be dominated. Following that reasoning if men are animals then each sect is like unto a pack which is dominated by an alpha male. In any group one stands alone and this single individual has a natural right to dominate the rest of the group. In the animal kingdom this is the alpha male. In the human kingdom this is the king, the president, or the dictator.
While I respect the ideology of Abraham Lincoln that, "All men are created equal," I also see the logic in the ideologies of Grotius, Hobbes, and Caligula in their assertion that equality does not exist in nature and given that all men are beasts no man is equal to another. [You might say that men are only equal relative to their inequality to one another.]
Don't like what I have to say? Don't care. My objective is not to pop Elitism as a natural practice because it hardly needs it. My aim is to review the contents of The Social Contract in an open discussion regarding equality. The battle between Grotius, Socrates, and Rousseau will be played out through us in HLS. Discuss.
If equality does not exist then it is only natural that men who are better than others assert their dominance over the common herd. It is natural law that the smartest and strongest beasts occupy a higher level in the natural order. Man is not exempt from this simply because they are a different breed of beast so it stands to reason that Elitism is not only justified but natural.
Some men are born to be slaves just as some men are born inferior. This is not to say that a slave might be inferior because he is a slave. Rather, a slave is such because he is simply an inferior man. Individuals who lack the upward momentum to ascend the economic and social ladders can be seen as animals that lack the means to live in a natural environment. The inability to survive in its natural surroundings speaks of inferiority within the animal itself. With that said human beings judge others based on their standing. It stands to natural reason that individuals of low standing are for all intents and purposes, fundamentally inferior to their social superiors.
Some men are born to dominate. Others are born to be dominated. Following that reasoning if men are animals then each sect is like unto a pack which is dominated by an alpha male. In any group one stands alone and this single individual has a natural right to dominate the rest of the group. In the animal kingdom this is the alpha male. In the human kingdom this is the king, the president, or the dictator.
While I respect the ideology of Abraham Lincoln that, "All men are created equal," I also see the logic in the ideologies of Grotius, Hobbes, and Caligula in their assertion that equality does not exist in nature and given that all men are beasts no man is equal to another. [You might say that men are only equal relative to their inequality to one another.]
Don't like what I have to say? Don't care. My objective is not to pop Elitism as a natural practice because it hardly needs it. My aim is to review the contents of The Social Contract in an open discussion regarding equality. The battle between Grotius, Socrates, and Rousseau will be played out through us in HLS. Discuss.