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Equality : Equality And Equality

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Have you ever thought about how the world can be equal? If everyone were truly equal, the world would have to be very different. Laws and government would need to make sure that no one were unique. The government would also have to be able to keep people from breaking the laws so they would not break the rules and to not go against the government. Milton Friedman said, “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” If you put equality before freedom then the outcome will be bad for the people because it takes away their freedom to speak out on what they feel or on what they want to do.I feel like freedom should be more valued than equality.If society ever have more equality but no freedom than society would have trouble speaking out on what they believe in they would just have to deal with whatever the government said for them to do.

If people were to ever put equality before freedom then it would not turn out good for them.For example in “The Giver” they had to live in a world full of equality and they had no freedom to do as they pleased.so if people ever decide to choose equality over freedom they have to know what they are willing to give up to get equality.but if they choose freedom then they have a better chances to have both equality and freedom then just having equality and no freedom.if people ever think it through then they would know to choose freedom over equality.Abraham Lincoln had said “These men ask for just the same thing: fairness, and fairness only. This is, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.” this quote means people ask for equality and in return they try to make it happen for other people.i know that the quote would mean more to certain people who want equality more than freedom.

People can always have a chance to pick freedom if they ever wanted to they can also pick equality instead of freedom.so if they where to chose freedom they would get what is best for them instead of what is best for the government.people can also choose what they want to do and how they want to do it instead of someone else doing it for them.so if people choose freedom then they would be

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