Equality and Equity
The Kommifornia wildfires have merged an unusual dichotomy. Pete Hegseth caused quite a consternation among leftists senators during his SecDef inquisition. He actually said that he would enforce equality in the armed forces.
HORRORS! The very thought of such chilled the blood of the leftists. I hope that all reading this are aware of the concept of equality – that everyone is created equal and treated the same. That everyone has the opportunity to succeed or fail based upon their own merits, work, determination and perseverance. Totally antithetical to marxist tenets. Marxist practices include “reforming” language to make their version of what they want the citizens hear to be more palatable to their ears. Thus, the term “equity”, what normal people think to be that all people are equal in the eyes of the law. (Eye rolls here.) Or a lack of favoritism toward side or the other. (Snickers are appropriate.) Or the old fashioned idea that it is the difference between the value of an asset and what might be owed on that asset.
Wrong.
In marxist language, equity means that everyone gets the same outcome, regardless of where they started. Came from a broken home, went to school in a bad district, learned how do something and built a business? Became successful? Shame on you! You didn’t build that! If you happened to be of a pale complexion you obviously suppressed someone and stole all that success.
Now look at what Los Angeles has accomplished. Janisse Quinones, director of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (scrimping with the miserly income of $750K) declared that she operates “through a lens of equity and social justice.” One might think that equity and social justice might be delegated to a flunky making only a paltry $400K. And that the director might look through a lens of delivering water and power to the citizens. HAH! With full support of the mayor Karen Bass (former US Congress Critter and former member of the marxist domestic terror organization that bombed the US Capitol in 1983) social justice and “equity” was the focus.
Then the fires started. The fires burned with equality. It didn’t matter if your home was a $650K starter home or a $28M mansion overlooking the Pacific. Palisades, Malibu, all the same. No one had water in the hydrants. The fire treated everyone equally. And when it finished (they’re still burning) the result was equity. All houses were reduced to a pile of smoldering cinders. The burned out husk of a Sub Zero resembled a scorched Whirlpool. The remains of a Lexis or Lincoln had the same scrap value per pound as a Kia or Mazda.
Exactly what Marxism delivers every time its tried. Destruction, devastation and death. Kommifornia. Marxism perfected.
Ciao,
The Snark