Quote of the Day
If we treat them equally, the result must be inequality… the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently.
F.A. Hayek
1960
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On X, this quote has morphed into:
In order to make people equal, you have to treat them differently. If you treat people alike, the result is necessarily inequality.
More quotable and easier to understand, but not quite accurate.
Useful ammo when dealing with people demanding reparations, affirmative action, DEI, etc. The point being is that if they insist upon equality, they are demanding discrimination.
Calling that “equality” is BS, even too much for the left most of the time – hence the term “equity”, which they are using, essentially, as “equality of outcome (according to us)”.