Equality and Equalisation

The FGB writes about Dalit participation in the UP elections, and makes an excellent point:

There is nothing radical being said here. I am just advocating equality. The politicians and the armchair economists and political theorists on the other hand are always lobbying for equalisation.

But the most important paragraph is this one:

Instead we do not what is right, but what is easiest. Oppress them with state machinery, and then buy them out (if we allow them to vote) in return for IIM seats.

This is a massively important insight into how the Indian government works- not just in the realm of social justice, but in many others as well. I’ll make my own post on it sometime.

Meanwhile, read the whole thing.

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