Those who seek equality of opportunity often wish to create a meritocracy – again, a rallying cry for many Conservatives and some other supporters of a free market. Outcomes, it is argued, should be determined by talent and hard work. There is no apparent objection to one person earning more than another as long as differences arise from talent or hard work."
Such is the political economy of a leading British Liberal, Nick Clegg.
What are the issues?
One can imagine an economy managed like an army with equal opportunity given to all soldiers/salaried people. Those that excel become officers, but they have responsibilities to maintain the system. Totalitarianism arises as in Russia when the soldiers/officers are rewarded disproportionately, given rights over life and death of soldiers and non-soldiers, entered as candidates to the most corrupt elites in the World, denied access to information that might disengage loyalty to the system. So what do we end up with in a world of equal opportunity. Is it a New Russian totalitarian system? Is it a form of Slavic Union State, a resurrection of white supremacy?
How can we preserve the peace.
As we understand it, Putin is arguing that there are Fascists in the Ukraine who want to attack Russians. The reality is, however, that the Fascist movement is The Slavic Union, and it is rapidly gaining strength in Russia. It is a racist movement calling for the racial purity of the so-called slavic region. The Slavic Union has a flag that looks very much like the Swastika. Targets of the Slavic Union are all non-slavic people, etc? It is well funded?
Also, we have the IS and all those who wish to cleanse the world of infidels.
These factors make any existing notion of equal opportunity debatable, but what is the alternative?
http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/nick-clegg-equality-of-opportunity-and-totalitarianism