On inequality

As has been seen (in §02.01.04 and §22.00.07), although all humans are born equal towards their state, differences among humans start to emerge as soon as they are born (in terms of abilities, health and characteristics), which are immediately accentuated after birth by circumstances (particularly, the state into which they are born) and opportunity (luck). Inequality thus being natural to humans (in other words, there is no inequality because there can be no equality), this is also reflected in property accumulation, even among those born in similar circumstances in the same state—and much more so if either of the two is different. In other words, among individuals who have given primacy to wealth accumulation, even if they live in similar conditions, some will succeed in amassing (much) greater wealth than others; even slightly different conditions may dramatically accentuate the differences. The above unavoidably leads to inequality in property acquisition among humans; in other words, just as property is natural to humans, inequality is also natural to them. (As is the case with regard to any purpose-setting between any two different individuals.) As has also been seen, comparison (and not conflict) is natural to humans. Humans need to augment their information processing; augmentation, however, is always subjective and relative (see also §25.00.00, on freedom). Consequently, inequality, in spite of being natural, will not go unnoticed. Whether, and to what extent, such natural inequality among humans is to be reduced by states (which have the means to do it, because they control all the processing operations that make inequality possible) is a political decision of their governments.

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