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What is “social justice,” and what does it mean to demand it? Wrapped up in the idea of social justice is the notion of “fairness.” Van Jones says social justice means the state creates total equality in all things: income, housing, dress, mobility, i.e., all manner of life outcomes. By this definition, justice is only achieved when everybody is precisely the same.
Aside from the reality it is impossible to achieve social justice, the attempt to achieve it requires conformity on a massive scale. If the state is creating a totality, that can only spell dictatorship, the death of liberty. Therefore, demanding this kind of social justice requires the state demand compliance
When the state demands compliance, going so far as to confiscate property from one citizen to give to another, the state has assumed total control. That outcome is neither social nor just. Sensing this truth, and resistant to government intrusion, Americans correctly oppose tyrants who seek to impose their will using the power of the state. After all, that spirit of resistance is what inspired the colonists to fight a revolution to throw off the tyranny of King George….To Read More….
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