Equality

Meme

Given some metric and some Entity then each individual in the population will have equal parts of that measure.

Context

When some Individual Entity has some attribute, say mass or energy, as some other individual, or some other time, then the two instances are said to have Symmetry and Equality (qv).

Several hundred years in the past humans were not judged equal by any known measurement process. Each member of one class or cast might have equality among their Individuals but not from one class to another.

Today the challenge of accepting what level of Equality society must provide to its Individuals is not agreed by all.

Problems

Clearly since human history has not endowed each Individual with full equality, the Conservative Systems of laws follow, to one extent or another, to limit Equality for the current populations of Individuals.

The struggle between conservative and radical solutions depends, almost entirely, on the amount of Equality to provide and which Entity class will be determined to share in that Equality.

In physics the gauge principle is used to determine which measures and which Individual particle has equality of that measure. More precisely we say: a gauge principle specifies a procedure for obtaining an interaction term from a free Lagrangian which is symmetric with respect to a continuous symmetry—the results of localizing (or gauging) the global symmetry group must be accompanied by the inclusion of additional fields (such as the electromagnetic field), with appropriate kinetic and interaction terms in the action,

Solutions

Always the Federalist, John Adams's understanding of Equality was nuanced, reflecting both a commitment to the fundamental equality of all individuals in the eyes of the law and a recognition of natural inequalities in abilities and talents. While he embraced the idea of equality before the law and the rights of all, he also believed in the existence of inherent differences among people, suggesting that some were naturally more suited for leadership and that society could and should create inequalities to ensure its well-being.

Thomas Jefferson had a more expansive view on Equality and took over the presidency from John Adams with that view.

These two views continue to struggle today in most of the world's governments and even in the governance of the Identifier systems that governments propose for their populations.