Equality: not so simple as you thought

We have received a lot of questions from our supporters as of late inquiring as to why we talk about equality and refer to people as "world citizens" when we clearly put ourselves in a position of more power and prestige than the average world citizen. Some have even accused us of following the pattern in Orwell's classic Animal Farm, where the pigs used the slogan "All animals are created equal" to start the revolution, and then shamelessly added "... but some are more equal than others" to justify their oppression. We consider these comments libelous and craven, but since we are a benevolent Board of Dictators we will not respond in kind. We would like to state that we believe all men are created equal in terms of their rights and duties, but we do not believe that equality extends to all aspects of life.

Take, for example, the American tradition of voting. The current electoral system allows for each person who is at least 18 years old to cast a single vote in whatever matters come before the voters where he or she lives. This is often called "fair" or "equal" as every voter has the same influence on the outcome of the election as every other voter. If you were to stop and consider it, however, this system is not necessarily fair, especially when voters are asked to decide matters of policy. Why should a teenager fresh from high school be given the same voice as someone who has studied the issues for years and is clearly more qualified to make the decision? Shouldn't the more intelligent, ambitious, and accomplished part of society be given more of a voice than those who spend their days watching sitting on a couch and not contributing to society except by keeping advertising revenue high by watching more TV? Clearly fairness and equality are more complex than they appear to be.

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we believe that people are inherently different, and that some are more ambitious than others and will inevitably achieve more and contribute to society more than others. We will work very hard to eliminate the barriers that keep certain ethnic and social groups below others, but we will not force everyone to be ambitious achievers. We embrace the idea of putting all of our citizens on equal footing and then letting them become what they may become, even if some become members of the Board of Dictators while others barely achieve anything.