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Egalitarianism - Coggle Diagram
Egalitarianism
Central beliefs
everyone should be completely equal
no one should be born into social status
everyone should be given equal opportunity
the only way that people can be truly equal is by giving everyone equal wealth
key individuals
John Locke
Founder of egalitarianism
Karl Marx
used egalitarianism as a starting point for marxism
communism
How a nation would be run
Taxes
Taxes would initially be very high until everyone is earning the same amount
redistribution
all of the resources would be redistributed evenly throughout the nation
in order to keep everything fair
government interference
businesses would be publicly owned
the government would control all wages
everyone would have the same house and car
Criticisms
life would be extremely boring
no individuality
people wouldn't be motivated to work as everyone gets given the same amount no matter what job they do
How the desert island would be run
everyone would be given the exact same number of resources
it would be the same no matter how much work they are doing