SpiritualWiki - Gleichheit

Wollt ihr dem Staat Bestand verleihen, dann
➢ nähert die äußeren Rangstufen einander so weit wie möglich an.
➢ Duldet weder übermäßig Reiche noch Bettler.
Diese beiden ihrem Wesen nach nicht voneinander zu trennenden Stände sind für das Gemeinwohl gleichermaßen verhängnisvoll. Aus dem einen gehen die Förderer der Tyrannei, aus dem anderen die Tyrannen hervor. Sie verscha-
chern untereinander die öffentliche Freiheit, der eine kauft, der andere verkauft sie.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Schweiz-französischer Aufklärer, Wegbereiter der Französischen Revolution, Kulturphilosoph, Pädagoge, Naturforscher, Schriftsteller, Vom Gesellschaftsvertrag oder Prinzipien des Staatsrechtes, 1762

Wir müssen wählen. Wir können eine Demokratie haben, oder wir können eine Konzentration von Reichtümern in
den Händen einiger Weniger haben, aber wir können nicht beides haben.
Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) US-amerikanischer Jurist, erster jüdischer Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten (1916-1939), zitiert in: Serge Halimi, Der wahre Skandal, Le Monde diplomatique, S. 22, Mai 2013

Sobald die Weiber uns gleichgestellt sind, sind sie uns überlegen.
[Lateinisch: Extemplo simul pares esse coeperint, superiores erunt.]
Marcus Porcius Cato der Ältere (234-149 v. Chr.) römischer Feldherr, Staatsmann, Historiker, Geschichtsschreiber, Schriftsteller, Rede gegen die Aufhebung des Oppischen Gesetzes, 195 v. Chr.
- Den Augenblick, sowie sie anfangen, euch gleich zu sein, werden sie eure Herren sein.
  Übersetzung von Konrad Heusinger, 1886
  - [E]ins musst du gut verstehen: Es ist der Mann, der nach Dominanz strebt, aber es ist die Frau, die tatsächlich dominiert.
    ⚡ Osho [Bhagwan Sree Rajneesh] (1931-1990) indischer Philosophieprofessor, umstrittener Guru, Begründer der NeoSannyas-Bewegung, Om Shantih, shantih, shantih. The soundless sound, peace, peace, peace, Talk #15, Kapitel 15 "The Three Rings of Love", Rebel Publishing House, 1 Auflage 1997

Rad der Fortuna
Boccaccio, De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, 1467

Menschenwürde ist ein Übergangszustand zwischen Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit. Dr. Robert W. Fuller (*1936) US-amerikanischer Professor für Physik, College-Dekan, Würde- und Rankismusforscher, Referent, Autor, zitiert (engl.) in: Artikel For Whom the Phone Rings, präsentiert von der Publikation Texas Observer, Geoff Rips, 1. August 2003

In der Gegenwart eines echten spirituellen Freundes fühlst du dich gleichwertig und erfährst die wahre Ebenbürtigkeit der Seele. Es ist das unschätzbare Geschenk eines Menschen, der im Zustand der De-
mut weilt. Es ist, als ob eine Rose aufblüht und ihren Duft verströmt.
Interview mit Andrew Harvey (*1952) indisch-britischer Religionswissen-
schaftler, Rumi-Übersetzer, Visionär, Lehrer der mystischen Traditionen, Architekt des heiligen Aktivismus, Dichter, Autor, Teachers and Seekers:
An Interview with Andrew Harvey, präsentiert von der US-amerikanischen Mediengesellschaft Yoga Journal, Catherine Ingram, Ausgabe 123, S. 60, Juli/August 1995

Keine Staatsform bietet ein Bild hässlicherer Entartung, als wenn die Wohlhabendsten auch für die Besten gehalten werden.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 v. Chr.) römischer Politiker, Konsul, 63 v. Chr., Anwalt, Philosoph, berühmter Redner, Schriftsteller, zitiert in: Stefan Knischek, Lebensweisheiten berühmter Philosophen. 4.000 Zitate von Aristoteles bis Wittgenstein, S. 290, humboldt Verlag, Hannover, 2009, 8. Auflage 2011

Die Gleichheit der Frau ist z.B. einer der fundamentalen Werte der Demokratie.
Gelöschtes Interview mit Jorge Semprún Maura (1923-2011) spanischer Politiker, Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor, Das Projekt Europa, präsentiert von dem deutschen Goethe Institut, ~2008

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Freiheit ❄ Gleichheit ❄ Geschwisterlichkeit ❄ Würde

Gleichheit ohne Freiheit ist Unterdrückung.
Freiheit ohne Gleichheit ist Ausbeutung.
Freiheit und Gleichheit haben eine gemeinsame Wurzel: Solidarität.
Aphoristisches Vermächtnis von Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) bedeutende polnisch-deutsche Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung und des proletarischen Internationalismus, Philosophin, marxistische Theoretikerin, Antimilitaristin, zitiert in: Artikel Soziale Ungleichheit und politische Bildung, präsentiert von der Publikation rosalux.de, Dr. Evelin Wittich, Lutz Brangsch, Mai 2000

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Untersuchungen erbrachten:

Die gesündesten und glücklichsten entwickelten Länder haben nicht die höchsten Einkommensraten (BSP), sondern die optimalste wirtschaft-
liche Gleichstellung / Gerechtigkeit.

Bei fast allen Tierarten besteht ein umfassendes Konfliktpotenzial unter Angehö-
rigen derselben Spezies, da alle die gleichen Bedürfnisse haben. Sie fressen das
gleiche Futter, sie benötigen die gleichen Nistplätze, sie bevorzugen die gleichen
Jagdgründe oder Gebiete, sie konkurrieren um Sexualpartner. Diese Betrachtung
bezogen auf die menschliche Bevölkerung, veranlasste den politischen Philoso-
phen Thomas Hobbes im 17. Jahrhundert zu der Schlussfolgerung, Menschen bekämpften einander und führten ein "böses, brutales und kurzes" Leben, sofern kein souveräner Machthaber für die Aufrechterhaltung des Frieden sorge.
➤ In Affenhorden bildet die Ungleichbehandlung Dominanzhierarchien aus, die auf Dominanzmacht und Zwang
beruhen und den Privilegierten Zugang zu den vorhandenen Mitteln gewähren: "Ich bekomme zuerst was
zu fressen, weil ich stärker bin, und es mich nicht kümmert, ob du hungrig bist."
➤ Menschliche Hierarchien sind ähnlich aufgebaut – deshalb treffen sich Dominanzmacht, Status und Reichtum
ganz oben und Machtlosigkeit, Hunger und Armut ganz unten.
Dr. Richard Wilkinson (*1943) britischer emeritierter Professor für Sozialepidemiologie, Universität von Nottingham, Wirtschaftshisto-
riker, Erforscher des Sozialgefälles weltweit, Autor, Why Everyone Suffers in Unequal Societies, originally presented by the nonprofit positive futures journal YES!, Brooke Jarvis, 4. March 2010, reissued by the publication Charter of Compassion, 7. Oktober 2013

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Geldschöpfung im Dienst der (Un)Gleichheit

Interessant ist, dass alle Verfassungen der Welt das Wort 'Geld' nicht enthalten. Alle Verfassungen der Welt fangen meistens mit dem Satz an 'Alle Menschen sind gleich'. Eigentlich müssten sie mit dem Satz anfangen 'Alle Menschen sind un-
gleich'. Und wir müssten dafür sorgen, dass ein gewisses Maß an Gleichheit hergestellt wird. Wenn man so etwas
sagt, wird man sofort in eine Ecke gestellt – 'Das ist der Gleichmacher, der will irgendwelche sozialistischen Ideen
propagieren.' Ich bin nicht dafür, dass alle Leute genau das Gleiche bekommen, ich bin schon dafür dass einige
Leute, die sich mehr Mühe geben, auch besser dafür entlohnt werden sollen. Aber man muss verhindern, dass
solche schlimmen Exzesse passieren wie sie jetzt passieren. Wir haben auf der Welt 130 Millionen Menschen,
die Hunger leiden, und auf der anderen Seite haben wir Leute, die mehrere Dutzend Milliarden auf den Konten
haben, mit denen sie eigentlich nichts anfangen können. Das ist einfach völlig absurd. Und wenn man da bei der
Geldschöpfung eingreifen würde, wäre es gut. Antwort von Ernst Wolff (*1950) deutscher freier Journalist und Autor,
Video Talkrunde/Q&A mit vier Gästen, Digitale Rettung? Max Otte, Ernst Wolff, Ralf Flierl und Dominik Kettner, präsentiert
von der Initiative MENSCHEN MACHEN MUT, Gastgeber Erich Hambach (*1963) deutscher Versicherungsmakler, Auf-
klärer, Sozialaktivist, gefilmt von der YouTube-Plattform Nuo7, YouTube Film, Minute 1:27:13, 2:01:40 Dauer, eingestellt
14. März 2021

[Ein Vermögen] das auf Basis der breiten Masse geschaffen wird und solche Ausmaße annimmt, wie bei ⚡ Bill Gates, ist problematisch. Prof. Dr. Axel Honneth (*1949) deutscher Sozialphilosoph, Direktor des Instituts für Sozialfor-
schung (IfS), Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, zitiert in: Artikel Reich und Reich vermehrt sich gern, präsentiert von
der überregionalen deutschen Wochenzeitung Zeit Online, Nadine Oberhuber, 29. Dezember 2014

In England ist das Interesse an der Ungleichheit der Pferde weitaus größer als an der Gleichheit der Menschen.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) englischer Journalist, Buchautor, zitiert in: gutezitate.com

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Literaturzitate

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Solidarität

Verbunden werden auch die Schwachen mächtig.
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) deutscher Philosoph, Historiker, Dichter, Schriftsteller, dramatisches Theaterstück Wilhelm Tell, Figur Stauffacher in Szene 3, uraufgeführt in Weimar 1804

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General quotes

Paulus of Tarsus: There is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free men,
between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus. Galatians 4, 22, 31 (NT)

Personal avowals

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Women's leadership

I have a belief for which some people may call me a feminist. Millions of years ago there was no idea of leadership in the human society. Everybody was equal. People worked together and whatever they had they shared with each other. Eventually the population increased. Some mischievous people then started with the concept of leadership.
The main quality of leadership is the physical status. I believe, the male dominance [= pride culture] started from that. Then eventually education took an important role. That created more equality [equal dignity / equal rights / equal opportunity] between men and women. Video presentation by H.H. 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (*1935) Tibetan monk, leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1989, Vancouver Peace Summit 2009, presented by the Canadian broadcast television network CTV Television Network, last section of part 2 of 4, minute 14:53-17:59, Vancouver, Canada, Sunday 27. September 2009

Aluminum, mass-produced steelyard balance

[M]y decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Con-
vention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, how-
ever, an unavoidable decision when the convention's leaders,
quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that
Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for ori-
ginal sin, ordained that women must be "subservient" to their
husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or
chaplains in the military service.
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not re-
stricted to one religion or belief. Women are prevented from
playing a full and equal role in many faiths. Nor, tragically, does
its influence stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synago-
gue or temple. This discrimination, unjustifiably attributed to a
Higher Authority, has provided a reason or excuse for the depri-
vation of women's equal rights across the world for centuries.
At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, for-
ced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls
and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, em-
ployment and influence within their own communities. Article by Jimmy Carter (*1924) US American politician, 39th US pre-
sident (1977-1981), Losing my religion for equality, presented by the daily Australian newspaper The Age, 15. July 2009

⚡ Churchill, ⚡ Roosevelt, and ⚡ Stalin met in order to talk about Europe's Post War reorganization. When Roosevelt left
the room during a break Stalin turned to Churchill and made a comment about FDR being a pig.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
⚡ Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British prime minister of the United Kingdom during the 2nd World War (1940-1945) and (1951-1955), racist war criminal, in reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yalta Conference, 1945

Appeals

It is important to insist […] that equality [equal dignity / equal rights / equal opportunity] is a higher social goal than peace. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) US American professor of theology, Union Theological Seminary, ethicist, public intellec-
tual, commentator on politics and public affairs, Moral Man and Immoral Society. A Study in Ethics and Politics, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1932, S. 235, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, 2nd edition 18. January 2013

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.
John Naisbitt (1929-2021) US American futurologist, China expert living in Europe and China, author of Megatrends, 1982,
cited in: AZ Quotes

There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than
anyone else. We are all deserving of love. Sandra Bullock (*1964) US American actress, movie producer, acceptance
speech for the Oscar as Best Actress Award, Academy Awards. Los Angeles, California, 7. March 2010

Conclusions

Virtue can only flourish amongst equals. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English philosopher, advocate of women's rights, writer, political pamphlet A Vindication of the Rights of Men, 1790

We migrated up to the male perspective. We are living in a story that is dominated by a male perspective that has cut itself of from, turned its back on the female perspective. We are living in one half of our consciousness. The solution is not to abandon the male strength, the solution is to bring them [male and female perspectives] into accord. When the head is balanced with the genius in the belly we’re no longer in survival mode. In that balanced relationship the belly is home. There are so many gifts that the head has to offer, but those gifts are not to be horded in the head, they are to be brought down to the belly and nurtured and integrated.
Video interview with Philip Shepherd, Canadian expert on embodiment, actor, teacher, speaker, author, Bringing clarity to a chaotic world host, presented by Lilou Macé TV, host Lilou Macé (*1977) French-American webTV host, video blogger (*2005), speaker, TV host, author, YouTube video, minute 18:55, 31:47 minutes duration, posted 2. May 2015

Recommendations

And I whispered to the horse, "Trust no man in whose eye you do not see yourself reflected as an equal."
Don Vincenzo Giobbe, ~1700, cited in: Horse Quotes and Sayings: …and I whispered to the horse, presented by horsebackridingworldwide.com, 18. September 2018

We must make our choice. We may have democracy in this country, or we may have wealth concentrated in the
hands of a few, but we can't have both. Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) US American associate justice on the Supreme Court
of the United States (1916-1939), cited in: Raymond Lonergan, Mr. Justice Brandeis, Great American, S. 42, 1941

Twisted feminist wetiko propaganda

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Women's equality

Women's equality [equal dignity / equal rights / equal opportunity] is not just a moral issue, it's not just a humanitarian issue, it is not just a fairness issue. It is a security issue, it is a prosperity issue, and it is a peace issue.
Therefore when I talk about why we need to integrate women's issues into discussions at the highest levels everywhere in the world, I'm not doing it just because I have a personal commitment or because President Obama cares about it. I'm doing it because it's in the vital interests of the United States of America. ⚡ Hillary Clinton (*1947) 67th United States Secretary of State under president Barack Obama, US senator for New York (2001-2009), wife of the 42nd US president Bill Clinton, presented by TEDWomen Talks, Washington, D.C., 8. December 2010, YouTube film, 16:17 minutes duration, posted December 2010

Future outlooks

A day will come when there will be no battlefields, but markets opening to commerce and minds opening to ideas. A day will come when the bullets and bombs are replaced by votes, by universal suffrage, by the venerable arbitration of a great supreme senate which will be to Europe what Parliament is to England, the Diet to Germany, and the Legislative Assembly to France.
A day will come when a cannon will be a museum-piece, as instruments of torture are today. And we will be amazed
to think that these things once existed!
A day will come when we shall see those two immense groups, the United States of America and the United States
of Europe, facing one another, stretching out their hands across the sea, exchanging their products, their arts, their works of genius, clearing up the globe, making deserts fruitful, ameliorating creation under the eyes of the Creator, and joining together, to reap the well-being of all, these two infinite forces,
1. the fraternity of men
2. and the power of God.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French statesman, human rights activist, exponent of the Romantic movement in France, visual artist, playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, opening address, Peace Congress, Paris, 21. August 1849; cited in: Actes et paroles. Avant
l'exil, 1875

There can be no planetary equity until all the sovereign nations are abolished and we have but one accounting system [i.e. electrical energy]. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) US American engineer, systems theorist, architect, constructor, designer, inventor, futurist, philosopher, author, Critical Path, chapter 6, S. 202, St Martins Press, 1981

Invocation

God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deade-
ning poverty. God intends for all of his children to have the basic necessities of life, and he has left in this universe
"enough and to spare" for that purpose. So I call upon you to bridge the gulf between abject poverty and superflu-
ous wealth. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US American Baptist minister, activist, leader of the African American civil rights movement, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1964, Paul's Letter to American Christians, PDF, delivered in the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 4. November 1956

Awe should be reserved for revelation, to which it is perfectly and correctly applicable. It is not appropriate for miracles because a state of awe is worshipful, implying that one of a lesser order stands before his Creator. You are a perfect creation, and should experience awe only in the presence of the Creator of perfection. The miracle is therefore a sign
of love among equals. Equals should not be in awe of one another because awe implies inequality. It is therefore an inappropriate reaction to me. An elder brother is entitled to respect for his greater experience, and obedience for his greater wisdom. He is also entitled to love because he is a brother, and to devotion if he is devoted. It is only my devo-
tion that entitles me to yours. There is nothing about me that you cannot attain. I have nothing that does not come from God. The difference between us now is that I have nothing else. This leaves me in a state which is only potential in you.
⚡ A Course in Miracles (ACIM), textbook, chapter 1 The Meaning of Miracles, section 2 "Revelation, Time and Miracles", first page,
3rd paragraph, Foundation for Inner Peace, 1976, revised 1996

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates (469-399 BC) Greek pre-Christian philosopher, unsourced quote; cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

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Income inequality hurts democracy.

SPIEGEL: The level of income inequality in advanced nations is greater than ever before. What effect does that have on our societies?
Fukuyama: It is not good for democracy. If income is relatively evenly distributed and there are not very sharp differences between rich and poor, you have a greater sense of community. You have a greater sense of trust. You do not have parts of the community that have superior access to the political system that they can use to advance their own interests.

Interview with Francis Fukuyama (*1952) US American political scientist, author of The End of History, Where Is the Uprising from the Left?, presented by the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, 2. February 2012

Life of the Diligent Shaker, Shaker Historical Society

Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US American Baptist minister, activist, leader of the African American civil rights movement, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1964, Why We Can't Wait, 1963

What you feel in the presence of a true spiritual friend is equality, the real equality of soul. That is the priceless gift of somebody who is in that state of humilty. It is like a rose opening and sending it's fragrance.
Interview with Andrew Harvey (*1952) Indian-British religious scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, teacher of mystic traditions, architect of Sacred Activism, poet, novelist, author, Teachers and Seekers: An Interview with Andrew Harvey, presented by the
US American media company Yoga Journal, Catherine Ingram, issue 123, S. 60, July/August 1995

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"Worshippers of present civilization ⇔ worshippers of independence"

[T]he contrast between the narrow mechanical understanding, produced by a life spent in executing by fixed rules a fixed task, and the varied powers of the man of the woods, whose subsistence and safety depend at each instant upon his capacity of extemporarily adapting means to ends; the demoralizing effect of great inequalities in wealth and social rank; and the sufferings of the great mass of the people of civilized countries, whose wants are scarcely better provided for than those of the savage, while they are bound by a thousand fetters in lieu of the freedom and excitement which are his compensations. One who attends to these things, and to these exclusively, will be apt to infer that savage life is preferable to civilized; that the work of civilization should as far as possible be undone.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher, economist, co-author Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) British philosopher, jurist, social reformer, founder of modern utilitarianism, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, chapter "Coleridge", first published in the London and Westminster Review, March 1840, S. 182, Penguin Classics, paperback, 4. August 1987

[E]qual interchange of goods and services between buyer and seller is the keynote of tomorrow's business world when the vision of the modern business man awakens him to the wisdom of writing that policy into his code of ethics. Walter Russell (1871-1963) US American polymath, natural philosopher, mystic, architect, painter, sculptor, builder, author (unified theory in physics and cosmogony), cited in: Glenn Clark, The Man who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe, S. 37, University of Science and Philosophy, 15th edition June 1989

The keystone of the entire structure of the spiritual and physical universe is Rhythmic Balanced Interchange between all opposites. Walter Russell (1871-1963) US American polymath, natural philosopher, mystic, architect, painter, sculptor, builder, author (unified theory in physics and cosmogony), Lao Russell (1904-1988) English visionary philosopher, coauthor, Home Study Course in Cosmic Consciousness, unit 5, lesson 19, 1950, revised edition 2001

Source provider: Walter Russell Website, Wirtschaft [Economy], presented by walter-russell.de, Genius Verlag, Dagmar Neubronner

Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it.
Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number.
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference:
➤ while democracy seeks equality in liberty,
➤ socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French historian, political thinker, publicist, author, Hayek, translator, The Road to Serfdom [Discours prononcé à l'assemblée constituante le 12 Septembre 1848 sur la question du droit au travail], "Oeuvres complètes", volume IX, S. 546, M. Lévy Frères, 1866

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.
Gloria Steinem gloriasteinem.com (*1934) leading US American feminist of the new women's movement, visionary and political activist, founder and editor of the feminist magazine Ms., journalist, writer, cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

[Mitt Romney] has the nerve to say he is for job creation. His entire career has been job elimination. He is not even willing to say he is for equal pay. And it happens that equal pay for women of all races is the greatest economic stimulus this country could ever have.
Equal pay, and I mean for equal work, would put $200 billion more into the economy every year. That means about $137 for every white woman per pay check – something like $300 for every woman of color who are doubly discriminated against. And you know that those women are not going to put that money into a Cayman Islands bank account – they are going to spend that money, and that is going to create jobs.
Gloria Steinem gloriasteinem.com (*1934) leading US American feminist of the new women's movement, visionary and political activist, founder and editor of the feminist magazine Ms., journalist, writer, Gloria Steinem: Transcript of her speech in St. Petersburg, FL 10/20/2012, sponsored by I Am Choice, 22. October 2012

Equal pay for women will recover the economy.

Equal pay for comparable work for women would be the greatest economic stimulus this country could ever have.
It would put $200 billion more into the economy every year.
It [may] take another century and there may be other movements in the future before we finally realize that we are unique, not groups, and we are all part of the human family. Article featuring Gloria Steinem gloriasteinem.com (*1934) leading US American feminist of the new women's movement, visionary and political activist, founder and editor of the feminist magazine Ms., journalist, writer, Gloria Steinem visits Haverford, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 2. November 2012, sponsored by Haverford College, presented by The Clerk, Katie Greifeld, posted 8. November 2012

Definition of feminism

Question WW: What is your definition of feminism now?
Gloria Steinem: The dictionary's.
Question WW: Hasn't it changed?
Gloria Steinem: No, not at all. It is the belief in the social, economic, political equality of males and females. A feminist is the person, male or female, who believes in that. I would like to add acts on it. There are other words that mean the same thing: womanism, women's liberation, girrls – with two r's, which I love – and mujerista.

Gloria Steinem gloriasteinem.com (*1934) leading US American feminist of the new women's movement, visionary and political activist, founder and editor of the feminist magazine Ms., journalist, writer, The Power and the Gloria. Gloria Steinem reflects on 40 years fighting for feminism and freedom – and against fear., presented by the publication Willamette Week, Swag Rag, Rachel Graham Cody, 10. October 2012

The most important problem that we are facing now today, I think, is rising inequality in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Robert J. Shiller, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics, Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance, Yale University, Nobel laureate in economics, 2013, academic, author, cited in: article Robert Shiller: Income Inequality Is 'Most Important Problem', presented by the US American liberal-oriented online newspaper Huffington Post, John Christoffersen, 15. October 2013

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Equal pairs of opposites

Every pair of opposites is divided by an equilibrium which is a balance between the two, but that balance is not either of the two. Sodium-chloride is an equilibrium which voids both sodium and chlorine, for neither is present in it. Likewise, water is the equator which voids hydrogen and oxygen. All
opposites of all kinds extend from a mutual equator which is their common unity, and to that equator they must eventually return in order to repeat. Every pair must become one in order to again become two. Men and women do not escape this two-way reciprocatve law. Each becomes what the other is. Both are always compromising each other's unbalance. If the two unbalances are equal and opposite, each type will survive and grow mentally, spiritually and physically. If the two unbalanced mates are unequal in their opposition, the penalty is degeneration – mentally, spiritually and physically. The quality of one mate is a compromise with the quality of the other. The pattern resulting from this spiritual, mental and moral development is compromised for good or bad by every contact between them – no matter how slight. This is true even outside the sex union.
Walter Russell (1871-1963) US American polymath, natural philosopher, mystic, architect, painter, sculptor, builder, author (unified theory in physics and cosmogony), Message of the Divine Iliad Vol. 2, S. 168-169, University of Science and Philosophy, June 1971

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A world in equity nearing by July 2048

If these inequalities – climate and war – can be avoided, get ready for a world in a world in equity because that is what it seems to be happening – it will happen precisely on the July 27th, 2048.
Video presentation by Hans Rosling, M.D., Ph.D. (1948-2017) Swedish professor of global health, medical doctor, statistician, data visionary, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, public speaker, Asia's rise – how and when, presented by TED Talks, minute 14:44, 15:50 minutes duration, filmed and posted November 2009

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Research shows:

Among developed countries, the healthiest and happiest aren't those with the highest incomes but those with the most equality.

[A]lmost any animal species, there is a huge potential for conflict amongst members of the same species, because they have all the same needs. They eat the same food stuffs, they need the same nesting sites, they value the same feeding grounds or territories, they compete for sexual partners. It was that recognition in human populations that made the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes in the 17th century say that human beings, without a sovereign power to keep the peace, would war against each other and have "nasty, brutish, and short" lives.
➤ Amongst monkeys, inequality takes the form of dominance hierarchies, based on power and coercion and privileged access to resources: "I get it first because I'm stronger, and I don't care if you're hungry."
➤ Human hierarchies are similar – it's why power, status, and wealth all go together at the top and why powerlessness, hunger, and poverty go together at the bottom.
Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British retired social epidemiologist, University of Nottingham, economic historian, Why Everyone Suffers in Unequal Societies, originally presented by the nonprofit positive futures journal YES!, Brooke Jarvis, 4. March 2010, reissued by the publication Charter of Compassion, 7. October 2013

Social network diagram, meso-level

More unequal countries, the ones with the bigger income differences between rich and poor have
⚑ much more violence,
⚑ worse life expectancy,
⚑ more mental illness,
⚑ more obesity,
⚑ more people in prison, and
⚑ more teenage births.

All these problems get worse with greater inequality, because it damages the social fabric of a society.

In more unequal societies, the levels of trust – the number of people who feel they can trust others – drops to about fifteen or twenty percent.
But in more equal societies, more like sixty or sixty-five percent feel they can trust others.
When the U.S. was one of the more equal countries, its health was amongst the better, not quite at the top, but – in the top few. Now, it comes behind all the other developed countries. And it swapped places with Japan, which used to be one of the more unequal countries, had bad health, but then from the ’50s through the ’80s, they became more equal. Their health outstripped every other country in the world. Their crime rates went down. But the U.S.'s position relative
to others has slipped all through that period.
Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British retired social epidemiologist, University of Nottingham, economic historian, The Social Consequences of Inequality, presented by moyers & company, Theresa Riley, 13. May 2012

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Generosity and the concern for all is more pronounced in more equal nations.

More equal countries donate more in foreign aid. […]
More equal societies seem better able to act for the common good.

Video presentation by Kate Pickett, Ph.D. (*1965) British professor of epidemiology, University of York, co-author, Big Think Interview With Kate Pickett, presented by the
US American web portal Big Think, minute 11:53, 18:57 minutes duration, posted 23. April 2012

If you had the same income or education and lived in a more equal society
➤ you'd probably live a little bit longer.
➤ You'd be less likely to become a victim of violence.
➤ Your children might do a bit better at school.
➤ They'd be less likely to become involved in drugs or
➤ to become teenage parents.

In terms of the really important measures of human wellbeing greater equality is good for us all. Economic growth no longer drives

➤ improvement in life expectancy

➤ or measures of wellbeing

➤ or happiness.

What does make a difference to all of us is the quality of social relationships.
What the data shows us is that we can improve the quality of human relationships in whole societies by reducing the scale of income differences.

Deleted video presentation by Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor Emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, Kate Pickett, Ph.D. (*1965) British professor of epidemiology, University of York, co-author, The Spirit Level, presented by the Auckland Communities Foundation, minute 11:00,
12:14 minutes duration, posted 18. June 2012

Western Moon setting over Mountains, High Desert, California

[A] new report published by the Economic Policy Institute showing that in 2012, CEO pay was 202.3 times more than typical worker pay¹, illustrates that inequality likely isn’t a topic that will be solved any time soon. But Wilkinson believes that the continued groundswell of unrest with the ruling classes and large corporations surging through so many societies could provide the political will for systemic change. "There's a thirst for new ideas," he says, optimistically. "People are hungry for new perspectives."
Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor Emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, An update from Richard Wilkinson – Since the Talk, transcript, presented by the TED Blog, Helen Walters, recorded 28. June 2013

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Dire consequences of income/dignity inequality

1. Income inequality forces Americans into debt.
2. Income inequality makes America sick.
3. Income inequality makes America less safe.
4. Income inequality makes America less democratic.
5. Income inequality undermines the American dream.
6. Income inequality is undermining long-term economic growth.

Article 6 Ways Extreme Income Inequality Is Making Your Life Worse, presented by the US American news website ThinkProgress, Igor Volsky, 28. January 2014

The moral crisis of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion; it's insider trading, obscene CEO pay,
wage theft from ordinary workers, Wall Street's continued gambling addiction, corporate payoffs to friendly politicians,
and the billionaire takeover of our democracy.
Robert Reich, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics and public politics, University of California, Berkeley,
22nd US secretary of labor (1993-1997), political commentator, author, Facebook comment, 29. June 2014

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. Intellectual myopia, often called stupidity, is no doubt a reason. But the privileged also feel that their privileges, however egregious they may seem to others, are a solemn, basic, God-given right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a trivial thing compared with that of the rich.
John Kenneth Galbraith, OC (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, Keynesian, institutionalist, leading proponent of the
20th-century American liberalism, The Age of Uncertainty (also BBC television series), chapter 1, S. 22, Houghton Mifflin, 1977

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In wealth gap stricken United States poverty, in essence, has become a crime.

That's what nobody gets, that the two approaches to justice may individually make a kind of sense, but side by side they’re a dystopia, where common city courts become factories for turning poor people into prisoners, while federal prosecutors on the white-collar beat turn into overpriced garbage men, who behind closed doors quietly dispose of the sins of the rich for a fee. And it's evolved this way over time and for a thousand reasons, so that almost nobody is aware of the whole picture, the two worlds so separate that they're barely visible to each other. The usual political descriptors like 'unfairness' and 'injustice' don't really apply. It's more like a breakdown into madness. Matt Taibbi (*1970) US American journalist, author, The Divide. American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, presented by the US American nonprofit, progressive daily online newsletter Truthout, 4. May 2014

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The money system makes increasing inequality a mathematical certainty.

3% of all money worldwide is minted, 97% is digitally issued fiat money by private bankers.

In most countries, about 3% of our money originates from government-owned mints that make notes and coins. The rest is digital and created by private banks, out of nothing, when they issue loans. […]
This monetary system also means that although individually we might pay off our debts, collectively we are in debt forever, paying interest to the banks. So this money system makes increasing inequality a mathematical certainty.
Article Trading without money? Why a new system can address the economic spiral, presented by the British daily newspaper The Guardian, Jem Bendell, 12. March 2013

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True forms of equality – necessity of inequal diversity

Conservatives pay attention to the principle of variety. They feel affection for the proliferating intricacy of long-established social institutions and modes of life, as distinguished from the narrowing uniformity and deadening egalitarianism of radical systems. For the preservation of a healthy diversity in any civilization, there must survive orders and classes, differences in material condition, and many sorts of inequality. The only true forms of equality are
➤ equality at the Last Judgment and
➤ equality before a just court of law;

all other attempts at levelling must lead, at best, to social stagnation.

Society requires honest and able leadership;

and if natural and institutional differences are destroyed, presently some tyrant or host of squalid oligarchs will create new forms of inequality.
Russell Kirk (1918-1994) influencial US American political theorist on 20th century Anglo-American conservatism, historian, moralist, social critic, literary critic, fiction author, Ten Conservative Principles, adapted from The Politics of Prudence, ISI Books, 1993

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Rocher Percé (Pierced Rock), Quebec, Canada

When men share housework and childcare, their children do better in school. Their children have lower rates of absen-
teeism, higher rates of achievement. They are less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. They are less likely to see a child psychiatrist. They are less likely to be put on medi-
cation.
So when men share housework and childcare, their children are happier and healthier, and men want this.
When men share housework and childcare, their wives are happier. Duh. Not only that, their wives are healthier. Their wives are less likely to see a therapist, less likely to be dia-
gnosed with depression, less likely to be put on medication, more likely to go to the gym, report higher levels of marital satisfaction. So when men share housework and childcare, their wives are happier and healthier, and men certainly want this as well. When men share housework and childcare, the men are healthier. They smoke less, drink less, take re-
creational drugs less often. They are less likely to go to the ER but more like to go to a doctor for routine screenings. They are less likely to see a therapist, less likely to be diagnosed with depression, less likely to be taking prescription medication. So when men share housework and childcare, the men are happier and healthier.
Video presentation by Michael Kimmel, Ph.D. (*1951) US American professor of sociology, pre-eminent scholar of men and mas-
culinity, gender researcher, Stony Brook University, New York, founder and editor of the academic journal Men and Masculinities, Michael Kimmel: Why gender equality is good for everyone – men included, transcript, presented by TEDWomen 2015,
Monterey, California, 15:58 minutes duration, filmed 27-29 May 2015

Three stages of rationalization of inequality
1. Denial – "Rising inequality? What rise in inequality?"
2. OK but there is social mobility – "OK, inequality has been rising, but it doesn't matter, because we have lots
  of social mobility."
3. OK but the right kind of people are in power – "OK, we don't have lots of social mobility. But that's a good thing."

Paul Krugman (*1953) US American professor of economics and international affairs, Nobel laureate in economics, 2008, The
Sons Also Rise, presented by the US American daily newspaper The New York Times, 25. January 2012

Equality without freedom is oppression,
freedom without equality is exploitation.
Solidarity is the basis for liberty and equality.
The human exploitation of humans as well as nature must be brought to an end collectively.
Political aphorism by Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Polish-Jewish naturalized German economist revolutionary socialist, Marxist theorist, philosopher, cited in: Our Work, presented by the publication rosalux.eu, undated

Fictional social network diagram
consisting of 165 nodes and 1851 edges

There are two fundamental equalizers in life – the Internet and education. John Chambers (*1949) CEO and chairman of the board of Cisco Systems, 1999

[T]he entire business model for something like Chase's credit card business is not much more than a gigantic welfare fraud scheme. These companies borrow hundreds of billions of dollars from the Fed at rock-bottom rates, then turn around and lend it out to the world at 5, 10, 15, 20 percent, as credit cards and mortgages, boat loans and aircraft loans, and so on. If you pay it back, great, it's a 500 percent or 1,000 percent or 4,000 percent profit for the bank. If you don't pay it back, the company can put your name in the hopper to be sued. A $5,000 debt on a credit card for the now-defunct Circuit City, which was actually a Chase card, became a $13,000 or $14,000 debt by the time the bank finished applying fees and penalties. Just like a welfare application, you have to read the fine print.
According to Linda Almonte, Whistle Blower Extraordinaire, "They make more on lawsuits than they make on credit interest." Matt Taibbi (*1970) US American journalist, author, Molly Crabapple (*1983) US American artist, entrepreneur, author, The Divide. American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, S. 382, Spiegel & Grau, 1st edition 8. April 2014

References: en.Wikiquote entries ► Social justice and ► Equity

Literary quotes

Even the weak become strong when they are united.
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) German philosopher, historian, poet, playwright, character Stauffacher in: drama William Tell,
3rd scene, 1804

Some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer, Animal Farm, Secker and Warburg, London, 17. August 1945

But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal – there is one human institution that makes
- a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller,
- the stupid man the equal of an Einstein,
- and the ignorant man the equal of any college president.

That institution, gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court of the United States or the humblest J.P. court in the land, or this honourable court which you serve. Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levellers, and in our courts all men are created equal.
Harper Lee (1926-2016) US American author, To Kill a Mockingbird, part 2, chapter 20, J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1960

I have been a brother, I have been a father, I’m going to be a grandfather, I have never been a sister or a mother or
a grandmother, so this is why I wrote it really about little boys. […]
If you – as it were – scaled down human beings, scaled down society, if you land with a group of little boys, they are more like a scaled-down version of society² than a group of little girls would be. Don't ask me why, and this is a terrible thing to say because I'm going to be chased from hell to breakfast by all the women who talk about equality – this is nothing to do with equality at all. I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. But one thing you can't do with them is take a bunch of them and boil them down, so to speak, into a set of little girls who would then become a kind of image of civilisation, of society. The other thing is – why aren't they little boys AND little girls? Well, if they'd been little boys and little girls, we being who we are, sex would have raised its lovely head, and I didn't want this to be about sex. Sex is too trivial a thing to get in with a story like this, which was about the problem of evil and the problem of how people are to live together in a society, not just as lovers or man and wife. William Golding (1911-1993) English playwright, poet, novelist, Nobel laureate in literature, 1983, dystopian novel Lord of the Flies, Faber and Faber, part 2, "Introduction", United Kingdom, 17. September 1954

Poem
Recommendations for balance

Live without pretending,
Love without depending,
Listen without defending,
Speak without offending,
Give without ending,
Build without rending.
Nina Roberta Baker

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Quotes by David R. Hawkins

⚠ Caveat See Power vs. Truth, January 2013

At the level of Acceptance [LoC 350], we are not polarized by conflict or opposition; we see that other people have
the same rights as we do, and we honor equality. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, chapter 4 "Levels of Human Consciousness", S. 88, Hay House, February 2002

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Noblesse oblige – among equals.

These are truly successful people – whether visiting potentates or servants – they're notable, courteous, and considerate to all, treating everyone as an equal. The truly successful have no inclination to act arrogantly, for they consider themselves not better than others, just more fortunate. They see their position as a stewardship [LoC 415], a respon-
sibility to exercise their influence. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, chapter 16 "Surviving Success", S. 205, Hay House, February 2002

That which is the Absolute Reality has no needs, as it already is All That Is.
- There is no need for power when one is power itself.
- Infinite Power has no need to control anything.

By analogy, the sky does not need the clouds nor does it create or destroy them. They arise within its all encompas-
sing, boundless space. The sky does not kill, retaliate, or punish clouds. The sky provides equality to all clouds as well as the context for their formation of perceptual appearance and disappearance.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 46, 2003

As civilization and valued skills become less physical and more mental or creative, the social ranks of the sexes approach equality. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Truth vs. Falsehood. How to Tell the Difference, S. 97, 2005

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Resolving cultural disparities

The resolution of world's current cultural disparities will require the collective wisdom and intention of all who have, by virtue of good fortune and ethical intention, become more advanced, conscious, and aware. It is therefore a teaching function. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Truth vs. Falsehood. How to Tell the Difference, S. 314, 2005

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Effects of attractor fields: The formerly poor can become rich.

Actualization is an option and a choice as an aspect of the will. Each positive choice increases the likelihood and probability of additional positive choices (which is also in accordance with quantum theory). Each positive choice moves one closer to a higher attractor field of consciousness. In the secular world where 'the rich get richer and the poor get poorer', it is equally true that by integrity and effort, the formerly poor can become rich, and the formerly rich, through error, can become bankrupt. Human life offers a great value as being the optimum opportunity for spiritual evolution. By choice, the 'iron filing' of the spirit is drawn to the various regions of the great omnipotent, omnipresent field of consciousness itself. This is analogous to the effect of a giant electromagnetic field of infinite power.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, Transcending Levels of Consciousness. The Stairway to Enlightenment, S. 358, 2006

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The term "Creator" in the US Constitution guarantees the equality of each citizen.

Why is the United States [of America] so powerful?
It's the foremost nation in the world. It's the most evolved society that has ever been on the globe. […] If you calibrate the United States Constitution [LoC 720] it is the highest of any country in the world. It's carefully crafted. It came about as a result of thousands of years of research on the subject [of democracy]. [...] It's extremely complex in its development.
The Constitution guarantees the freedom of everyone. It says, the equality of the citizens is a derivative of the Divinity
of their Creator. By the virtue of the Divinity of creation we are all equal.
Therefore, equality is guaranteed by spiritual Reality. That we are all created equal by God, that is a very powerful statement. […]
The Constitution by being spiritual in orientation guarantees two things: the freedom of religion and freedom from religion. That's quite an accomplishment and extremely brilliant. Removed audio interview with Dr. David R. Hawkins, Radio Interview, presented by the US American web radio station Contact Talk Radio, host Cameron Steele and Lucie Minetti, aired 13. May 2003, YouTube film, minute 19:02, 41:15 minutes duration, aired 13. May 2003, posted 24. March 2011

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Selective attention based on presumptive transitory values

Attention is selective based on presumptive value, which is only transitory. By watching what the mind selects for attention, its proclivities become apparent and reveal the sources of attraction and aversion. By relinquishment of the propensity to project either desire or aversion, all becomes of equal value when devoid of projected specialness.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self. Contemplations from the Teachings of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., edited by Scott Jeffrey, S. 96-97, quote, Hay House, August 2011

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Englische Texte – English section on Equality

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Transitioning from unequal worth and rights to equal worth and rights

Unequal worth and rights ⇔ Equal worth and rights

༺༻	Transition from equal rights to equal dignity–cohesion to cohesion	Pitfalls of transitioning to global egalitarian [dignitarian] relations
1.	Unequal rights Ranked honor cohesion (in patriarchy)	Equal worth roaming plenty of free land 200,000 years in the pre-neolithic world
2.	Equal rights ⚡ Ruthless individualism resulting in a lack of cohesion	⚡ Unequal worth in a fragmented world 10,000 years, starting in the neolithic
3.	Equal dignity [Likeverd] ∞ Cohesion as mutuality (in interdependency)	Equal worth in ONE interdependent World Since the end of the Cold War, 90ties ⚡ Double standards, genocide, terrorism, abuse of the global power vacuum

See also: ► Dignity

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Worldwide economic inequality gap – Statistics 2014-2018

"Statistics on the growing tide of inequality" worldwide

20. January 2014: The Oxfam International report Working for the Few

Almost half of the world's wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population.
The wealth of the one percent richest people in the world amounts to $110 trillion.
That’s 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the world’s population.
The bottom half of the world’s population owns the same as the richest 85 people in the world.
Seven out of ten people live in countries where economic inequality has increased in the last 30 years.
The richest one percent increased their share of income in 24 out of 26 countries
for which data exist (timespan 1980-2012).
In the US, the wealthiest one percent captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009,
while the bottom 90 percent became poorer.

18. January 2016: Oxfam International report Working for the Few

The richest 62 individuals are as wealthy as half of world's population.
1% of the world's richest people own more wealth than the other 99% combined.

16. January 2017: Oxfam International report Working for the Few³

The superrichest 8 men[*] (worth 426 billion dollars) own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people of
the poorest half of humanity (worth 409 billion dollars).
1% of the world's richest people own more wealth than the other 99% combined.
- 1 in 10 people survive on less than $2 a day.

22. January 2018: Oxfam Report

Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year
Billionaire wealth has risen by an annual average of 13% since 2010 – six times faster than the wages of ordinary
workers, which have risen by a yearly average of just 2%.
It takes just four days for a CEO from one of the top five global fashion brands to earn what a Bangladeshi garment
worker will earn in her lifetime. In the US, it takes slightly over one working day for a CEO to earn what an ordinary
worker makes in a year.
It would cost $2.2 billion a year to increase the wages of all 2.5 million Vietnamese garment workers to a living wage.
This is about a third of the amount paid out to wealthy shareholders by the top 5 companies in the garment sector
in 2016.

Status 2016[*]⁴/⁵

⚡ Bill Gates – Microsoft – 75 billion dollars
Amancio Ortega – Inditex – 67 billion dollars
Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway – 60,8 billion dollars
Carlos Slim Helu – Grupo Carso – 50 billion dollars
Jeff Bezos – Amazon – 45,2 billion dollars
Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook – 44,6 billion dollars
Larry Ellison – Oracle – 43,6 billion dollars
Michael Bloomberg – Bloomberg LP – 40 billion dollars

The appropriate emotion is shame – shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others. When someone works for less pay than she can live on – when, for example, she goes hungry so
that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently – then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has
made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The "working poor," as they are appro-
vingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that
the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny
and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a member of
the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.
Barbara Ehrenreich (*1941) US American journalist, political activist, myth busting author, Nickel and Dimed.
On (Not) Getting By in America, chapter "Evaluation", Metropolitan Books, S. 221, 2001

Written sources:
► Article Working for the Few. Political capture and economic inequality, presented by Oxfam International, 20. January 2014
► Article Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world, presented by the British daily newspaper The Guardian,
20. January 2014
► Article The 85 Richest People In The World Have As Much Wealth As The 3.5 Billion Poorest, presented by the US American
business magazine Forbes, Laura Shin, 23. January 2014
► Article Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says Oxfam, presented by the British daily newspaper
The Guardian, Larry Elliott, economics editor, 18. January 2016
► Article Oxfam: 8 richest billionaires have as much wealth as the world’s poorest half, presented by the US American political
journalism company Politico, Marion Solletty, 16. January 2017

Schriftliche Referenzen (deutsch):
► Quora-Beitrag Oxfam International Armutsberichte (2014-2018), Elfriede Ammann, 18. Januar 2019

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Statistics of economic inequality in United States (1774-2011)

In the United States wealth has become more highly concentrated
in the upper reaches in the past two hundred years.

Year	Top 1% of US citizens	Ownership % of nation's wealth	Majority of poor US citizens	Ownership % of nation's wealth
1774	Top 1% Americans	15%
1776			70% of Americans	15%
1973	Top 1% Americans	32.6
1774-1973	The Gini coefficient increased from .73 in to .81. (Lars Osberg, p. 44)
1973			70% of Americans	15%
1989	Top 1% Americans	33%
1989	Top 1% Americans	37%⁶ or nearly 40%⁷
1990	Top 1% Americans	More than 40%
2007	Top 1% of Americans	42%
2007	147 companies controlled nearly 40% of the monetary value of all transnational corporations.⁸
2011	Top 1% of Americans The richest 400 US citizens (0.001%) owned 50% of the entire country.	40%	80% of Americans	Cumulative total of 7%

Reference: en.Wikipedia entry ► Distribution of wealth⁹

Media offerings: ► Video documentary Wealth Inequality in America, YouTube film, 6:24 minutes duration, posted 20. November 2012

Written sources:
► Study abstract by Erick Messias, William W. Eaton, Amy N. Grooms, Income inequality and depression prevalence across the United
States: An ecological study, sponsored by Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented by the monthly peer-reviewed medical journal
Psychiatric Services, S. 710-712, volume, 62 issue 7, July 2011
► Article How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About The Wealthiest One Percent Of Americans, presented by the
US American news website ThinkProgress, Zaid Jilani, 3. October 2011
► Deleted overview Facts on the Concentration of Wealth, compiled by Endgame Research, George Draffan, undated

Written references:
► Article The 85 Richest People In The World Have As Much Wealth As The 3.5 Billion Poorest, presented by the US American
business magazine Forbes, Laura Shin, 23. January 2014
► Article Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says Oxfam, presented by the British daily newspaper
The Guardian, Larry Elliott, economics editor, 18. January 2016

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Since 1973 the economics for 80-90% of the US population was deteriorated.

"Twenty years of the silent depression have left America with a legacy of a shrinking middle class, lost jobs, and fear in the hearts of many young persons that they will never achieve the economic standard of life enjoyed by their parents."
Wallace C. Peterson (1921-2012) US American professor emeritus of economics US American economist, award-winning journalist, author, Silent Depression. The Fate of the American Dream, W. W. Norton & Company, January 1994

"The fortunate twenty percent are more than satisfied with recent economic history and the most vigorous segments of that fortunate quintile are in positions of power that enable them to protect and expand their advantages unless ordinary people are able to overcome the obstacles to political participation and create a more just economic order."
Study abstract by Erick Messias, William W. Eaton, Amy N. Grooms, Income inequality and depression prevalence across the United States: An ecological study, sponsored by Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented by the monthly peer-reviewed medical journal Psychiatric Services, S. 710-712, volumw 62, issue 7, July 2011

"We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose."
Jimmy Carter (*1924) US American politician, 39th US president (1977-1981), "Malaise" speech, 1979

"Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned." ⚡ George W. Bush (*1943) 43rd US American president (2000-2009), convicted war criminal, November 2011, Washington, D.C., 15. October 2002

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Biblical forgiveness myths – Turning the other cheek as a sign of equality

"If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also." Luke 6, 29 (NT)

"Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5, 39 (NT)

"Turning one's cheek when slapped" is not the antithesis to the Old Testament "eye for an eye" policy which served as a check for vengeance.
"Turning one's cheek when slapped" is neither an act of forgiveness nor was it a sign of acquiescence in the days of Jesus. Turning the cheek would challenge the aggressor to strike with their left unclean hand, or else with the open right hand, which would signal equality. Thus, turning the other cheek was an act of nonviolent resistance.
When faced with (verbal) aggression Jesus suggested first to ignore it. When attacked with corporeal violence He recommended to directly challenge the opponent as described above. At any rate, He asked to pray for one's aggressors.

Reference article: ► Blog article by Maria Mayo M.Div., M.A., US American historian, religious scholar,
Vanderbilt University, communications coordinator, author, Myths About Forgiveness in the Bible,
presented by the US American liberal-oriented online newspaper HuffPost, 16. October 2011

See also: ► Biblical forgiveness myths – Maria Mayo and ► Forgiveness and ► Bible

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Links zum Gleichwertigkeit / Equality

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Literatur

Prof. Thomas Piketty (*1971) französischer Professor der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Paris School of Economics, Direktor der École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert, C.H.Beck, 4. Auflage 22. Dezember 2014

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Literature (engl.)

Allan G. Johnson, Ph.D., US American sociologist, public speaker, novelist, writer on social inequality, The Gender Knot. Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy, 1997, Temple University Press, 1st revised edition 29. April 2005

The Tree as Metaphor

John Rawls (1921-2002) US American professor of moral and political philosophy, Harvard University, author, The Law of Peoples. with "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited", Harvard University Press, 1st edition 2. March 2001
Allan G. Johnson, Ph.D., US American sociologist, public speaker, novelist, writer on social inequality, Privilege, Power, and Difference, 2001, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition 11. February 2005
Robert J. Shiller, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics, Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance, Yale University, Nobel laureate in economics, 2013, academic, author, George A. Akerlof, Ph.D. (*1940) US American professor of economics, University of California, Berkeley, Nobel laureate in economics, 2001, Animal Spirits. How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, Princeton University Press, 1st edition March 2009,
1. February 2010
Robert J. Shiller, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics, Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance, Yale University, Nobel laureate in economics, 2013, academic, author, Finance and the Good Society, Princeton University Press, April 2012, reprint 21. April 2013
Valerie M. Hudson, Ph.D., US American professor of political science, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, since January 2012, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, Chad F. Emmett, Sex and World Peace, Columbia University Press, 17. April 2012
Matt Taibbi (*1970) US American journalist, author, Molly Crabapple (*1983) US American artist, entrepreneur, author,
The Divide. American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, Spiegel & Grau, 1st edition 8. April 2014

Besides US wealth inequality the two-tiered US criminal justice system is indulging white collar criminals (1%), while the poor (99%) get
locked up in record numbers.

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Wikipedia-Einträge Gleichheit vor dem Gesetz, Gleichwertigkeit, Institutioneller Rassismus, Ungleichheitsaversion

Beitrag Kann es richtig sein, dass eine Anzahl Menschen, die in ein mittelgroßes Flugzeug passt (~300) so viel besitzt, wie die Bevölkerungen von Indien, China, USA und Brasilien zusammen? Und ist “Welthandel” nur ein Wort für billigen Zugang zu Rohstoffen und Arbeitskraft? Was meint Ihr?, präsentiert von der kalifornischen Frage-und-Antwort Webseite Quora,
Elfriede Ammann, Referenz zur Oxfam Statistik, 158 Aufrufe · 3 Likes, 18. Januar 2019

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Wikipedia entries Equality [equal dignity / equal rights / equal opportunity], Equity, Inequity aversion, Institutional racism
Movies Inequality for All 2013 documentary film by Robert Reich, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics and public politics,
University of California, Berkeley, 22nd US secretary of labor (1993-1997), political commentator, author

Article by David Brooks (*1961) US American conservative political and cultural commentator, The American Way of Equality, presented by the US American daily newspaper The New York Times, 14. January 2007
Article on the United States: Incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment, presented by prisonpolicy.org, Peter Wagner, updated 28. August 2012
Article CEO Pay in 2012 Was Extraordinarily High Relative to Typical Workers and Other High Earners, presented by the Economic Policy Institute, Lawrence Mishel and Natalie Sabadish, 26. June 2013
Article U.S. income inequality, on rise for decades, is now highest since 1928, presented by the Pew Research Center, Drew DeSilver, 5. December 2013
Abstract of study by Michael W. Kraus, Bennett Callaghan, Noblesse Oblige? Social Status and Economic Inequality Maintenance among Politicians, presented by the nonprofit open access scientific publishing project Public Library of Science (PLOS), presented by the Department of the Interior (DOI), 21. January 2014

US Republicans tended to support legislation increasing economic inequality.

Article The 85 Richest People In The World Have As Much Wealth As The 3.5 Billion Poorest, presented by the US American business magazine Forbes, Laura Shin, 23. January 2014
Matt Taibbi (*1970) US American journalist, author, The Divide. American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, presented by the US American nonprofit, progressive daily online newsletter Truthout, 4. May 2014

There are more black men in US jails in 2014 than there were in slavery at its peak. Poverty goes up. Crime goes down. Prison population doubles.

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Videovortrag von Dr. Richard Wilkinson (*1943) britischer emeritierter Professor für Sozialepidemiologie, Universität von Nottingham, Wirtschaftshistoriker, Erforscher des weltweiten Sozialgefälles, Autor, Prof. Richard Wilkinson über Ungleichheit, präsentiert auf dem Transformationskongress, veranstaltet von dem Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), dem Deutschen Natur-
schutzring und der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, Berlin, 8.-9. Juni 2012, ~60~Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 14. Juni 2012

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Video presentation by Jacqueline Novogratz (*1961) US American social entrepreneur, founder and leader of the businesslike nonprofit aid organisation Acumen, author, Escaping poverty [Aus der Armut entkommen], presented by TED Talks 2009,
7:34 minutes duration, recorded February 2009, posted March 2009

Encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.

Video TV interview with Robert J. Shiller, Ph.D. (*1946) US American professor of economics, Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance, Yale University, Nobel laureate in economics, 2013, academic, author, Robert Shiller talks to Charlie Rose about inequality, presented by the US American TV station PBS, interview show Charlie Rose, host Charlie Rose, YouTube film, 5:27 minutes duration, posted 23. August 2009
Visiting lecture to University of Chicago Law School by Catharine MacKinnon, Ph.D., US American professor of law, University of Michigan, feminist, author, Trafficking, Prostitution and Inequality: A Public Lecture by Catharine MacKinnon, YouTube film, 1:27:34 duration, posted 14. December 2011
Video presentation by Kate Pickett, Ph.D. (*1965) British professor of epidemiology, University of York, co-author, Big Think Interview With Kate Pickett, presented by the US American web portal Big Think, 18:57 minutes duration, posted 23. April 2012

Implications of social inequality

Banned video presentation by Nick Hanauer nick-hanauer.com, US American multi-millionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, ''Banned TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs", YouTube film, 5:50 minutes duration, posted
17. May 2012
"As the war over income inequality wages on, super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually create jobs. The position is controversial – so much so that TED is refusing to post a talk that Hanauer gave on the subject. National Journal reports today that TED officials decided not to put Hanauer's March 1 speech up online after deeming his remarks "too politically controversial" for the site."
Article This Uber-Wealthy Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't Create Jobs – And TED Is Refusing To Post It, presented by the US American business news website Business Insider, Grace Wyler, 16. May 2012
Video presentation by Gloria Steinem gloriasteinem.com (*1934) leading US American feminist of the new women's movement, visionary and political activist, founder and editor of the feminist magazine Ms., journalist, writer, An Evening with Gloria Steinem – Prevailing barriers to equality, sponsored by Vassar Chapel, Poughkeepsie, New York, 19. September 2012, YouTube film, 44:51 minutes duration, posted 28. September 2012
Video infographics Wealth Inequality in America, YouTube film, 6:24 minutes duration, posted 20. November 2012

Distribution of wealth in the United States, inequality and difference between the actual statistics and the perception of inequality, ignorance
of the US American citizens on the stunningly massive the wealth gap in US.¹⁰

Video presentation by Chrystia Freeland (*1968) Canadian politician, journalist, global editor-at-large, Reuters, writer, Chrystia Freeland: The rise of the new global super-rich [Der Aufstieg der neuen, globalen Superreichen]], presented by TED Global 2013, 15:24 minutes duration, recorded June 2013, posted September 2013
Video infographics Global Wealth Inequality, presented by The Rules Org, YouTube film, 3:51 minutes duration, posted
7. July 2013

The richest 2% in the world have more wealth than the rest of 7 billion people worldwide.
The richest 300 people have more wealth than 3,000,000 billion people (population of India, China, Brazil, and US combined).
Gap 1810s: The richest countries were 3 times as rich as the poorest countries.
Gap 1960s (end of colonialism): The richest countries were 35 times as rich as the poorest countries.
Gap 2013: The richest countries are 80 times richer as the poorest countries.

Video documentary narrative The Ugly Truth, Global Wealth Inequality, presented by The Rules Org, YouTube film,
3:50 minutes duration, posted 29. July 2013
Video documentation The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind – Hidden Secrets of Money Episode 4, presented by the goldsilver.com, producer Mike Maloney, YouTube film, 29:35 minutes duration, posted 15. October 2013
Blog article United States Is Now the Most Unequal of All Advanced Economies, presented by the US American liberal-oriented online newspaper HuffPost, Eric Zuesse, 8. December 2013
Video interview with Matt Taibbi (*1970) US American journalist, author, Politicking: Matt Taibbi on America's 'Injustice System' , presented by the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel Russia Today News (RT), program Politicking, host Larry King (1933-2021), YouTube film, 28:40 minutes duration, posted 2. May 2014

Examining inequality in the U.S. justice system

Video presentation titled Economic Inequality and Political Power in America by Martin Gilens, Ph.D., US American professor
of politics, Princeton University, Martin Gilens on Political Inequality – MIT – 09.19.14, sponsored by Citizens Rising Sympo-
sium "A Republic Held Hostage and the Plan to Take it Back", Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), YouTube film,
44:34 minutes duration, posted 25. October 2014

Analyzing approximately 2,000 survey questions regarding a range of federal government policies since the 1980's, Gilens found that policy
makers respond exclusively to the desires of the rich – with the preferences of ordinary citizens being largely irrelevant.

Video presentation by Stephanie Shirley [Steve] (*1933) German-born British entrepreneurial businesswoman, philanthropist, Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads?, presented by TED Talks 2015, 13:39 minutes duration, filmed and posted March 2015
Video presentation by Michael Kimmel, Ph.D. (*1951) US American professor of sociology, pre-eminent scholar of men and masculinity, gender researcher, Stony Brook University, New York, founder and editor of the academic journal Men and Masculinities, Michael Kimmel: Why gender equality is good for everyone – men included, transcript, presented by TEDWomen 2015, Monterey, California, 15:58 minutes duration, filmed 27.-29. May 2015

Kimmel refers to a longitudinal study that found that gender equality is key to health, happiness and a prolonged sexlife.
When men SHARE on a regular basis (not pitch in or help out) housework and childcare both their children and their wives turn out to be happier and healthier. Their wives report higher levels of marital satisfaction (due to voluntary choreplay). Even better, those housework sharing and child caring men turn out to be happier and healthier than the pascha types – and they enjoy more sex than the macho men.

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Video presentation titled How The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor Affects Everyone by Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, economy historian, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, author, Richard Wilkinson on the social cost of economic inequality, sponsored by Canadian Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership and Vibrant Communities Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 1. May 2012, YouTube film, 52:59 minutes duration, posted 22. January 2013
Video lecture by Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, economy historian, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, Inequality: The Enemy Between Us?, sponsored by The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NYC, 29. November 2012, 1:11:47 duration, posted 14. February 2013
Video presentation titled How much (in)equality can societies sustain? / The Social Impact of Inequality by Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, economy historian, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, author, WRR-Lecture 2013 – Richard Wilkinson – The Social Impact of Inequality, sponsored by Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), The Hague, Netherlands, 28. November 2013, YouTube film, 45:48 minutes duration, posted 3. December 2013
Video interview Richard Wilkinson, Ph.D. (*1943) British professor emeritus of social epidemiology, University of Nottingham, economy historian, researcher of inequality data in health and social determinants, author, Inequality – and why it matters: An interview with Richard Wilkinson, presented by British host Geoff Tansey, YouTube film, 25:55 minutes duration, posted
22. August 2020

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Englisch Wiki

Hawkins

¹ CEO Pay in 2012 Was Extraordinarily High Relative to Typical Workers and Other High Earners, presented by Economic Policy Institute, Lawrence Mishel and Natalie Sabadish, 26. June 2013 ⇑

² Golding refers to his dystopian novel Lord of the Flies, Faber and Faber, 1954
See also: Author William Golding tried to rape teenager, private papers show, presented by the British daily newspaper The Guardian, Martin Wainwright, 16. August 2009 ⇑

³ Article Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world, 16. January 2017 ⇑

⁴ Die acht Reichsten der Welt kommen demnach auf Besitztümer im Gesamtwert von 426 Milliarden Dollar, während die ärmere Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung, 3,6 Milliarden Menschen, gemeinsam lediglich 409 Milliarden Dollar hat. Quelle: Artikel Acht Superreiche besitzen angeblich so viel wie die halbe Menschheit, präsentiert von dem deutschen Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel, Nicolai Kwasniewski, 16. Januar 2017 ⇑

⁵ Article These 8 Men Have As Much Money As Half The World, presented by the US American liberal-oriented online newspaper Huffington Post, Emily Peck,
15. January 2017, updated 16. January 2017 ⇑

⁶ (Lars Osberg/Wallace Peterson) ⇑

⁷ (NYT 4/17/95) ⇑

⁸ Groundbreaking research on the ownership relations of international companies – James Glattfelder ⇑

⁹ From 1947 to 1979 the income of the bottom fifth of Americans rose by 122%. From the introduction of Reagonomics in 1879 to 2009 the income of the top 1% rose by 270% while the other 99%'s income remained stagnant. ⇑

¹⁰ From 1947 to 1979 the income of the bottom fifth of Americans rose by 122%. From the introduction of Reagonomics in 1879 to 2009 the income of the top 1% rose by 270% while the other 99%'s income remained stagnant. ⇑

Anhand der Skala des Bewusstseins (Gradeinteilung von 1-1000), erarbeitet von Dr. David R. Hawkins, hat der Begriff Gleichheit einen Bewusstseinswert von 350.
Dies platziert Gleichen in den Bereich von Integrität und gesellschaftsbildenden Akzeptanz.

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