Question

write a short note on the struggle for equality?

Answer 1

The most important religions and philosophies talk of equality between people. Yet, equality is hardly the defining feature of even those societies that are influenced by such ideas. In fact, over time, most societies have moved towards accepting the idea that we have to live with growing inequality. In the past thirty years material inequality has grown to reach levels seen earlier in the 1930s. India is a land of extreme contrasts with the second highest number of billionaires and the largest number of the poorest in the world.

The rich societies have seen a persistence of poverty even though they have the wherewithal to eliminate it. Given that citizens in these societies do not object to their fellow citizens living in degrading forms of human existence, acceptance of the lesser evil, namely, inequality, becomes easier.