Defending Inequality
by Rev. Rory McClure
The last time humans had an equal society where everyone had the same standard of living was in the stone age. Everyone shared what they had with others and everyone had the same level of education. This equal society was so horrible that we have spent the last few thousand years trying to escape the disease, starvation and unrelenting suffering created by this equal society. Each time communists and socialists have tried to recreate an equal society, they have also recreated the disease, starvation and unrelenting suffering of an equal society.
Thankfully, communism failed and so today there is not a single country on earth that has equality of income and equality of standard of living. Today, even the poorest family living in the filthiest shantytown in the third world will avoid most of the diseases, eat more daily calories and live longer than nearly everyone in the stone age. All thanks to inequality.
One of the most obvious things about our world is how delightfully unequal it is. Physically, the further north or south or the higher you go, the colder it gets. The closer to the equator you go, the hotter and sunnier it gets. Some parts of the world have lots of islands or peninsulas, like Europe or South-East Asia, which great for transporting things cheaply by sea. Other parts of the world are made up of huge continents, which makes transporting things much more expensive. Some parts of the world are prone to tropical diseases and dangerous animals and others aren’t. Although this inequality can be tragic, it is also the only thing that allows the huge variety of beauty we find in nature. Given that our planet is so unequal, why should anyone be surprised that countries should have developed unequally to each other?
People are also delightfully unequal to each other. They are unequal in their age and in their hight. They are unequal in their interests and in education. They unequal in their family background, culture, beliefs, trustworthiness, motivations, creativity, and ethics. They are unequal in their passion for sport or music or the arts. In fact, the only thing that distinguishes one person from another is that the are not equal to each other.
The words and the letters that make up this sentence are not equal to each other either. Equality of words and letters looks like this: xxxx, xxxx, xxxx, xxxx.ย Equality of colours would be green, green, green, green. Equality of musical notes would be B-flat, B-flat, B-flat, B-flat. Equality of sport would be badminton, badminton, badminton. Equality of food would be carrots, carrots, carrots. In other words, the more you increase equality, the more you increase meaninglessness, conformity and monotony. Equality is an essential mathematical concept. 1+5 = 3+3. It is an essential scientific concept. E = MC2. However equality is a terrible thing to impose onto human beings. Human societies are are not equation to be solved. You are not a substance to be forced into a mould, nor can I be reduced to a statistic. Everything that make me me also makes me unequal to you. Everything that makes you you also makes you unequal to me and to everyone else.
Inequality between people is an essential precondition for human flourishing and social harmony. The more a culture develops and the freer it becomes, the more each man is able to develop everything that is unique about himself. He is free to pursue his greatest priorities. The priority of some people is the pursuit of excellence in education. The priority of others is excellence in sport. For others it is the comforting acceptance of compromise and the enjoyment of entertainment created by others. A minority of children grow up to be astonishingly creative. Others grow up to become entrepreneurs or business leaders, sports stars or famous actors or singers. But none of them ever remain the greatest in their field. They all peak and then decline. After that, they are replaced by someone else who is richer or more talented. Everyone grows up to find an ever changing place in the ever shifting spectrum between those at the very top and those at the bottom. No one canย remain equal to who they once were, nor to whom they will become.
The fact that we are all unequal allows us to specialise in what we are good at, and maybe even become better at it. Sometimes this allows us to specialise in our passion. Sometimes it allows us to specialise in what we are good at so that we can earn enough to pursue our passion. Some people specialise in starting and running a business to out of pure passion and delight. Other successful entrepreneurs manage do the same thing out of sheer determination to overcome all the stress and disappointments. Few people have these gifts and few people need them. For the rest of us, the stress of running a business and the risk of loosing everything if it fails isn’t worth it. It is easier to be an employee than it is an employer, so we work for someone else. For some of us, we get paid to do what we love. For the rest of us, we get the best job on offer so we can get paid enough to do something more worthwhile with our spare time.
Since we want to get paid more so that we can do more of what we love, we end up trying to find the employer who would be willing to pay us to do something we want to do. I may love playing tiddlywinks, but if no one wants pay me to watch me play tiddlywinks then I’ll have to to find an employer to pay me for my burger-flipping skills or carpentry skills so that I can play tiddlywinks. The fact that burger-flipping is an easy skill to pick up and carpentry is a harder skill to master might mean that I’ll get paid more for being a carpenter than for being a burger-flipper. If I can, I’ll get a job as a carpenter, but if no one wants to employ me as a carpenter, I’ll flip burgers for less money. At least I won’t have to clean toilets or cut grass. There are also plenty of other people that would prefer to do either of these things, rather than flip burgers. Thanks to them I can enjoy clean toilets at the pub, even if I don’t care that a fraction of what I paid for my pint went towards the pay of the toilet cleaner. I can also take the shortcut home across the park, unaware that the man who cut the grass eats the burgers I flip and helps to pay my wages.
Inequality binds all of us together into a network of mutual dependence on each other and mutual benefit to each other. Inequality allows the less gifted to grow in their self-respect, knowing that even with their limitations, they can still be of such benefit to an employer or to a customer that he is will be to pay her for her time and labour. In return, inequality allows the less gifted to benefit from the greater strengths of the more gifted by living in the houses they designed, watching the movies they created and being healed by the drugs they developed. Income inequality is also essential to benefit the poor. Without wealth inequality, the rich will not have the money available to invest in building new industries to provide the poor with jobs and more goods and services at a price they can afford. Inequality is essential if we are going to see the poorest people in Britain live in heated houses, have plenty to eat and gain access to the comforts and pleasures of life.
There is only one thing that is able to treat all people equally: Death. There is only one thing that unites all of life: Inequality. Therefore inequality ought be celebrated and defended with the same fervour that we ought to fear equality. If you disagree with me, you must do so by saying that my defence of inequality is inferior and therefore unequal to your quest for equality. You must steal from the riches of of my defence of inequality to in order build your bankrupt ideology of equality, whereas I can declare your ideology as inferior and unequal to mine, precisely because of inequality. I can joyfully accept your inferior views as an illustration of one of many inferior and unequal beliefs. While I must fear the consequences of your desire to force me to conform to your ideal of equality, the only thing you need to fear from me is being exposed as a tyrant and a fraud. You can keep your equality and death. I’m sticking to inequality and life.
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I find it highly unlikely that all were equal in the stone age. Some tribes richer than others and all had internal hierarchy I suspect.
And by the writer’s argument it took inequality to discover bronze and move on!
Writer seems not to understand the distinction between equality and sameness.
There wasn’t ‘equality’ in the Stone Age. ‘Inequality’ amongst all living things has existed since the first microbes appeared in the primeval slime.
Some Stone Age men were bigger, stronger, and more dominant than others, and therefore got more out of the community.
The existence of Alpha Males, is a feature of animal evolution and, as with capitalism, their presence gave lesser mortals the chance to prosper by settling for the crumbs from their table, and to do better for themselves, by co-operating with their superiors
No ‘defence’ of ‘inequality’ is required or appropriate at all. Any more than a defence of the law of gravity is. It’s there and that’s the end of it.
Neither is the continued existence of ‘inequality’ associated with the ‘failure of Communism’.
Communism, by it’s very nature involves inequality of status within the ordered society it creates. Some people and families are better at exploiting the Communist social environment than are others.
But that in itself isn’t ‘failure’ either. How could a world involving human beings and other living things be any other way?
The only time we will all be truly ‘equal’, is when we are all dead.
ะฃะดะธะฒะปัะตั ะฟะพะทะธัะธั ะฐะฒัะพัะฐ. ะะฝ ะฝะต ะฟะพะฝะธะผะฐะตั ััะพ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐ ะฒ ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดะต ะฝะฐะผะฝะพะณะพ ัััะตะบัะธะฒะฝะตะน ัะฐะฑะพัั ะฟะพะพะดะธะฝะพัะบะต. ะะพ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธัะผ ะบะพะฝะบััะธััััะธะต ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธะธ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ะผะตะฝะตะต ัััะตะบัะธะฒะฝะพ ัะตะผ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐััะธะต.
ะ-ั ะัะฒะธะด ะฃ. ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝ ะธ ะด-ั ะ ะพะดะถะตั ะข. ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝ, ะฟัะพัะตััะพัะฐ ะฃะฝะธะฒะตััะธัะตัะฐ ะะธะฝะฝะตัะพัั ะธ ัะพ-ะดะธัะตะบัะพัะฐ Cooperative Learning Center ัะพะณะปะฐัะฐัััั ะธ ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะปััั, ััะพ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต ะธ ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธะธ ะธะผะตะปะธ ัะฐะทะฝะพะณะปะฐัะธั ะฟะพ ััะพะผั ะฒะพะฟัะพัั ะฒ ัะตัะตะฝะธะต ะผะฝะพะณะธั ะปะตั. ะ ะพะดะถะตั ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝ ะพะฑัััะฝัะตั: ยซะัะปะธ ะผั ั ะพัะธะผ ะฝะฐััะธัั ะปัะดะตะน ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั, ะฟะตะดะฐะณะพะณะธะบะฐ ะธ ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธั ะดะพะปะถะฝั ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ะฒะผะตััะต. ะะพัะผะพััะธัะต, ัะธะฟะธัะฝัะน ััะธัะตะปั ะฒ ะบะปะฐััะต ััะธั ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ ะดะตัะถะฐัััั ัะธั ะพ ะธ ะพัะดะตะปัะฝะพ ะดััะณ ะพั ะดััะณะฐ, ะบะพัะฒะตะฝะฝะพ ะฟะพะพัััั ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธั. ะขะตะผ ะฝะต ะผะตะฝะตะต, ะปัะดะธ ััะฐััั ะปัััะต ะฒัะตะณะพ, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะพะฝะธ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ัะพะฒะผะตััะฝะพ ะดััะณ ั ะดััะณะพะผ. ะะตัะธ, ะบะพัะพััะต ะธัะฟััะฐะปะธ ััะพั ะฒะธะด ะพะฑััะตะฝะธั ะฒ ัะฐะฝะฝะตะผ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะต, ะฟัะพะฝะพััั ะตะณะพ ั ัะพะฑะพะน ะฟะพ ะผะตัะต ะฒะทัะพัะปะตะฝะธัยป. ะัะฒะธะด ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝ ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะปัะตั: ยซะะพะปััะธะฝััะฒะพ ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ ััะฒััะฒััั ัะตะฑั ะปัััะต, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะพะฝะธ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั. ะั ัะฐะผะพะพัะตะฝะบะฐ ะฟะพะฒััะฐะตััั, ั ะฝะธั ะฒััะต ััะฒััะฒะพ ะพะฑัะฝะพััะธ, ะฟัะธะฝะฐะดะปะตะถะฝะพััะธ ะธ ะฟัะธะฝััะธะต. ะะพะถะฝะพ ัะฐะบะถะต ัะบัััะฐะฟะพะปะธัะพะฒะฐัั ััะพั ะฒัะฒะพะด ะบ ะปัะฑะพะน ะพะฑััะฐะฝะพะฒะบะตยป.
ะฃัะตะฑะฝัะน ัะตะฝัั ะทะฐะฝะธะผะฐะตััั ะธะทััะตะฝะธะตะผ ะธ ะพะฑััะตะฝะธะตะผ ะบะพะพะฟะตัะฐัะธะฒะฝัะผ ะฝะฐะฒัะบะฐะผ ะฝะฐ ะฟัะพััะถะตะฝะธะธ ะฑะพะปะตะต 15 ะปะตั. ะะพ ัะปะพะฒะฐะผ ะ ะพะดะถะตัะฐ ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝะฐ, ัะตะฝัั ะพะฑะปะฐะดะฐะตั ยซะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปััะบะพะน ะฑะฐะทะพะน ะธะท ะฑะพะปะตะต ัะตะผ 500 ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน, ะฝะฐัะธะฝะฐั ั ััะฑะตะถะฐ 20 ะฒะตะบะฐยป. ะะฟะธัะฐััั ะฝะฐ ัะฒะพะธ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปััะบะธะต ะธ ััะตะฑะฝัะต ััะฐะดะธัะธะธ, ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝั ะพะฑะตัะฟะพะบะพะตะฝั ัะตะผ, ััะพ ะฝะฐ ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธะธ ะดะตะปะฐะตััั ัะปะธัะบะพะผ ัะธะปัะฝัะน ะฐะบัะตะฝั. ะะพะปะตะต ัะพะณะพ, ะพะฝะธ ััะธัะฐัั, ััะพ ะพะฑัะตะฟัะธะฝััะฐั ัะธััะตะผะฐ ะพะฑััะตะฝะธั ัะฐะทัััะฐะตั ะบะพะพะฟะตัะฐัะธะฒะฝัะต ะฝะฐะฒัะบะธ.
ะ ะพะดะถะตั ะพะฑัััะฝัะตั: ยซะััั ะผะฝะพะณะพ ะฟัะธัะธะฝ ะดะปั ะฑะตัะฟะพะบะพะนััะฒะฐ. ะะตะบะพัะพััะต ะธะท ััะฐะฝะดะฐััะฝัั ัะฟะพัะพะฑะพะฒ, ั ะฟะพะผะพััั ะบะพัะพััั ะปัะดะธ ะบะพะณะดะฐ-ัะพ ััะธะปะธัั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั โ ะดะพะผ, ัะตัะบะพะฒั, ะพะฑัะธะฝะฐ โ ัะตะณะพะดะฝั ะฝะต ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ัะฐะบ, ะบะฐะบ ะพะฝะธ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐะปะธ ะฟะพะบะพะปะตะฝะธะต ะฝะฐะทะฐะด. ะะฑััะตะฝะธะต ะผะพะปะพะดัั ะปัะดะตะน ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒั ะฝะต ะฟะพะปััะธะปะพ ัะพะพัะฒะตัััะฒัััะธะน ััะพะฒะตะฝั ะธะฝัะตัะตัะฐ. ยซะ ัะตะทัะปััะฐัะต, ะฒะพัะฟะธัะฐะฝะธะต ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธะธ ะฝะต ะพัะปะฐะฑะตะฒะฐะตั. ะะธัั ะฝะตะผะฝะพะณะธะต ะพะฑััะฐัั, ะฟัะฐะบัะธะบััั ะธะปะธ ัะพะดะตะนััะฒััั ะปัััะตะน ะธะดะตะตยป.
ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝั ะฑะพััััั ั ััะพะน ะฟัะพะฑะปะตะผะพะน ัะตัะตะท ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต. ะะพะฒะพัะธั ะัะฒะธะด ะะถะพะฝัะพะฝ: ยซะฅะพัั ะผั ะฟัะพะฒะพะดะธะผ ะฝะตะบะพัะพััั ัะฐะฑะพัั ั ะบััะฟะฝัะผ ะฑะธะทะฝะตัะพะผ, ะผั ะฟัะตะดะฟะพัะธัะฐะตะผ ะฒะทะฐะธะผะพะดะตะนััะฒะพะฒะฐัั ัะพ ัะบะพะปัะฝะพะน ัะธััะตะผะพะน. ะขะฐะบะธะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะผ, ะผั ััะธะผ ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ โ ัะปะตะดัััะตะต ะฟะพะบะพะปะตะฝะธะต ะฑะธะทะฝะตัะฐ โ ะบะฐะบ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั, ะธ ะพะบะฐะทัะฒะฐะตะผ ะบะพัะฒะตะฝะฝะพะต ะฒะปะธัะฝะธะต ะฝะฐ ะบะพัะฟะพัะฐัะธะฒะฝัั ะะผะตัะธะบั. ะัะดะธ, ะตะดะธะฝะพะถะดั ะธัะฟััะฐะฒัะธะต ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ, ะฟะพะฝะธะผะฐัั, ััะพ ััะพ ะปัััะธะน ะธ ะดะฐะถะต ะฑะพะปะตะต ะฟัะพััะพะน ัะฟะพัะพะฑยป.
ะะพั ะพะถะต, ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ะธะผะตะตั ะฒะพะทะดะตะนััะฒะธะต ะฝะฐ ะพัะดะตะปัะฝัั ะปะธั, ัะฐะฑะพัะฐััะธั ัะพะฒะผะตััะฝะพ ะฒ ัะฐะทะปะธัะฝัั ะบะปััะตะฒัั ะพะฑะปะฐัััั . ะะฝะพ ะฝะต ัะพะปัะบะพ ัะพะทะดะฐะตั ะฑะพะปะตะต ะณะธะฑะบะพะต ััะบะพะฒะพะดััะฒะพ, ะฝะพ ะธ ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปัะตั ะบะฐะถะดะพะผั ััะฐััะฒะพะฒะฐัั ะฐะบัะธะฒะฝะตะต, ะฝะต ะฑะพััั ะพััะถะดะตะฝะธั. ะกะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ัะฐะบะถะต ะธะผะตะตั ะฒะปะธัะฝะธะต ะฝะฐ ะฒะพัะฟัะธััะธะต ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะพะผ ัะฐะฑะพัะตะน ััะตะดั.
ะัะต ะพะดะฝะฐ ะพะฑะปะฐััั, ะฝะฐ ะบะพัะพััั ะฝะตะฟะพััะตะดััะฒะตะฝะฝะพ ะฒะปะธัะตั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ, ะบะฐะบ ะฝะธ ัะดะธะฒะธัะตะปัะฝะพ, ะทะดะพัะพะฒัะต. ะฃะฒะปะตะบะฐัะตะปัะฝะพะต ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต, ะฟัะพะฒะตะดะตะฝะฝะพะต ะฆะตะฝััะพะผ, ะธะทััะฐะปะพ ััะฐัะธััะธัะตัะบะธ ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะพัะฟะพัะพะฑะฝัั ั ะพะบะบะตะธััะพะฒ. ะ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะธ ัะฐััะผะฐััะธะฒะฐะปะฐัั ัะฒัะทั ะผะตะถะดั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพะผ / ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธะตะน ะธ ะฟัะธั ะธัะตัะบะธะผ, ัะผััะฒะตะฝะฝัะผ ะธ ัะธะทะธัะตัะบะธะผ ะทะดะพัะพะฒัะตะผ. ะฆะตะฝัั ะพัะตะฝะธะฒะฐะป 57 ะธะณัะพะบะพะฒ ะธะท ะบะพะปะปะตะดะถะตะน ะธ ะฟะพะปัะฟัะพัะตััะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝัั ั ะพะบะบะตะธััะพะฒ (ะฒ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะต 18-29 ะปะตั), ะพัะฑะธัะฐะฒัะธั ัั ะดะปั ะพะปะธะผะฟะธะนัะบะพะน ัะฑะพัะฝะพะน ะฒ 1980 ะณะพะดั. ะัะฟะพะปัะทัั ัะปะพะถะฝัะต ะฟะตััะพะฝะฐะปัะฝัะต ะพัะตะฝะบะธ ะฟะพ ัะบะฐะปะต ัะพัะธะฐะปัะฝะพะณะพ ะฒะทะฐะธะผะพะดะตะนััะฒะธั, ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปะธ ะพะฑะฝะฐััะถะธะปะธ, ััะพ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ะดะฐะตั ะณะพัะฐะทะดะพ ะฑะพะปััะต, ัะตะผ ะฟะพะผะพัั ะปะฐะดะธัั ะผะตะถะดั ัะพะฑะพะน.
ะกะพะณะปะฐัะฝะพ ััะพะผั ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธั, ัะบะปะพะฝะฝัะต ะบ ะฑะพะปะตะต ัะตัะฝะพะผั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒั ะธะณัะพะบะธ ะฑัะปะธ ะปัััะต ัะบะพััะตะบัะธัะพะฒะฐะฝั ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธัะตัะบะธ ะธ ะฑัะปะธ ัะธะทะธัะตัะบะธ ะทะดะพัะพะฒะตะต, ัะตะผ ะธั ะฑะพะปะตะต ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะพัะฟะพัะพะฑะฝัะต ะบะพะปะปะตะณะธ. ะะฐะถะตััั, ััะพ ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธั, ะธะปะธ ะฟะพััะพัะฝะฝะพะต ะพัััะตะฝะธะต, ััะพ ะฒั ะดะพะปะถะฝั ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ะฟัะพัะธะฒ ัะตะณะพ-ัะพ, ะธะผะตะตั ะฝะตะทะดะพัะพะฒัะต ัะธะทะธัะตัะบะธะต ะฟะพะฑะพัะฝัะต ัััะตะบัั. ะกะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ะธ ะดััะณะธะต ะผะพะดะตะปะธ ะฟัะพัะพัะธะฐะปัะฝะพะณะพ / ะฑะตัะบะพััััะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะฒะตะดะตะฝะธั, ะบะฐะบ ะฟัะฐะฒะธะปะพ, ะดะฐัั ะฟะพะปะพะถะธัะตะปัะฝัะน ัััะตะบั.
ะัะพะผะต ัะพะณะพ, ะธะผะตัััั ะดะฐะฝะฝัะต, ัะฒะธะดะตัะตะปัััะฒัััะธะต ะพ ัะพะผ, ััะพ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ัะพะทะดะฐะตั ะฒะธะด ยซัะนัะพัะธะธ ะฑะตะณัะฝะฐยป. ะฅะพัั ะดะฐะฝะฝะพะต ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต ะฝะต ัะฒะปัะตััั ะพะบะพะฝัะฐัะตะปัะฝัะผ, ะพะฝะพ ะผะฝะพะณะพะพะฑะตัะฐััะต. ะะฐะบ ะธ ะปัะดะธ, ะบะพัะพััะต ัะตะณัะปััะฝะพ ะทะฐะฝะธะผะฐัััั ัะฟะพััะพะผ, ยซะบะพะพะฟะตัะฐัะธะฒะฝัะตยป ะธ ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐััะธะต ะดััะณะธะผ ะปัะดะธ ัะฐะบะถะต ะธัะฟัััะฒะฐัั ยซัะนัะพัะธั ะฑะตะณัะฝะฐยป, ะบะพัะพััั ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะปัััะต ะพะฟะธัะฐัั ะบะฐะบ ัะฟะพะบะพะนััะฒะธะต ะธะปะธ ััะฒััะฒะพ ัะฒะพะฑะพะดั ะพั ัััะตััะฐ. ะะฐะบ ะพัะผะตัะฐัั ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปะธ, ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ, ะฐ ะฝะต ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะธั, ัะฒะปัะตััั ะฟัะตะดะฟะพััะธัะตะปัะฝะพะน.
ะ ะตัะต ะปัะดะธ, ะบะพัะพััะต ัะฐะทะฒะธะฒะฐัััั ะฟะพะทะธัะธั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ, ััะฒััะฒััั ะปัััะธะน ะบะพะฝััะพะปั ะฝะฐะด ัะฒะพะตะน ะถะธะทะฝัั ะธ ะฝะต ะถะธะฒัั ัะฐะดะธ ะพะดะพะฑัะตะฝะธั ะพั ะดััะณะธั . ะะฝะธ, ะบะฐะบ ะฟัะฐะฒะธะปะพ, ััะฒััะฒััั ัะตะฑั ั ะพัะพัะพ. ะญัะพ ะฝะฐั ะพะดะธััั ะฒ ัะตะทะบะพะผ ะบะพะฝััะฐััะต ั ะฟะพััะพัะฝะฝะพะน ัะฐะฑะพัะพะน ยซะฝะฐ ะธะทะฝะพัยป ะบะพะฝะบััะตะฝัะฝะพะณะพ ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะฐ.
ะะฐะบ ะธ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผ, ัะปะธัะบะพะผ ะผะฝะพะณะพ ั ะพัะพัะตะณะพ ะผะพะถะตั ััะฐัั ะฟัะพะฑะปะตะผะพะน. ะ ัะปััะฐะต ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ, ะบะฐะบ ะพัะผะตัะฐัั ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธ, ัะปะธัะบะพะผ ะผะฝะพะณะพ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ ะผะพะถะตั ะฟัะธะฒะตััะธ ะบ ยซะณััะฟะฟะพะฒะพะผั ะผััะปะตะฝะธัยป, ัะธะฝะดัะพะผั ยซัะตะปะพะฒะตะบ-ะดะฐยป ะธะปะธ ะฝะตัะผะตััะฝะพะผั ะฟะพะดัะธะฝะตะฝะธั.
ะกะบะพัั ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ, ะดะธัะตะบัะพั ะฟะพ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธัะผ ะฒ ะพะฑะปะฐััะธ ัะฒะพััะตััะฒะฐ ะฒ Buffalo State College, ะพะฑัััะฝัะตั: ยซะัะปะธ ะฒัะต ะพะบะฐะทัะฒะฐัััั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐััะธะผะธ ะฝะฐ ะพะดะฝะพะน ััะพัะพะฝะต, ะพะฝะธ ัะตัััั ะบัะธัะธัะตัะบะธะน ะฒะทะณะปัะด ะฝะฐ ะฟัะพะฑะปะตะผั. ะัะต ะพะฝะธ ะตะดะธะฝะพะณะปะฐัะฝะพ ะผะพะณัั ัะตัะธัั ะดะตะปะฐัั ะฝะตะฟัะฐะฒะธะปัะฝัะต ะฒะตัะธ. ะฅะพัั ะฝะตั ะฝะธะบะฐะบะธั ัะพะผะฝะตะฝะธะน, ััะพ ะบะพะพะฟะตัะฐัะธะฒะฝะฐั ััะตะดะฐ ัะฒะตะปะธัะธะฒะฐะตั ะบะพะปะธัะตััะฒะพ ะธะดะตะน, ัะปัััะฐะตั ะบะฐัะตััะฒะพ ัะตะทัะปััะฐัะฐ ะธ ัะฟะพัะพะฑััะฒัะตั ัะปัััะตะฝะธั ัะฐะฑะพัะตะน ััะตะดั, ะฒะทะฐะธะผะพะดะตะนััะฒะธะต ะดะพะปะถะฝะพ ะฑััั ะฟะพัััะพะตะฝะพ ัะฐะบะธะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะผ, ััะพะฑั ะพะฑะตัะฟะตัะธะฒะฐะปะฐัั ัะตะปะพััะฝะพััั ะฟัะพะตะบัะฐยป. ะัะพัะต ะณะพะฒะพัั, ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ัะฒะปัะตััั ะฟัะฐะฒะธะปะพะผ, ะฝะพ ะพะฑัะตะบัะธะฒะฝะพััั ะดะพะปะถะฝะฐ ะฑััั ัะพั ัะฐะฝะตะฝะฐ.
ะััั ัะฟะพัะพะฑั ะพะฑะปะตะณัะธัั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ, ะธ ะพะฝะธ ะพะดะธะฝะฐะบะพะฒะพ ั ะพัะพัะพ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐัั ะดะปั ะปัะฑะพะน ััะตะดั, ะพั ะบััะฟะฝะพะณะพ ะฑะธะทะฝะตัะฐ ะดะพ ะดะตััะบะพะณะพ ัััะฑะพะปะฐ.
ะค ะพะบััะธััะนัะตัั ะฝะฐ ยซัะดะตะปะฐัั ั ะพัะพัะพยป. ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ ัะบะฐะทัะฒะฐะตั, ััะพ ะฟะพะฟััะบะฐ ยซัะดะตะปะฐัั ั ะพัะพัะพยป ะธ ะฟะพะฟััะบะฐ ยซะฟะพะฑะธัั ะดััะณะธั ยป โ ะดะฒะฐ ัะฐะทะฝัั ะฟัะธั ะธัะตัะบะธั ะฟัะพัะตััะฐ. ะะตะฒะพะทะผะพะถะฝะพ ัะบะพะฝัะตะฝััะธัะพะฒะฐัััั ะฝะฐ ะพะฑะพะธั . ะะท ััะธั ะดะฒัั , ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ั ัะฐะผะธะผ ัะพะฑะพะน ะธ ะดััะณะธะผะธ ะดะปั ัะพะทะดะฐะฝะธั ะฟะพะปะพะถะธัะตะปัะฝะพะณะพ ัะตะทัะปััะฐัะฐ ะดะฐะตั ะฑะพะปัััั ะฝะฐะณัะฐะดั.
ะัะดะตะปัะนัะต ะดะพััะฐัะพัะฝะพ ะฒัะตะผะตะฝะธ. ะกะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ะทะฐะผะตะดะปัะตััั ะฒะฟะปะพัั ะดะพ ะฟะพะปะฝะพะน ะพััะฐะฝะพะฒะบะธ ะฟะพ ะผะตัะต ัะฒะตะปะธัะตะฝะธะต ะดะฐะฒะปะตะฝะธั ะฒัะตะผะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ ัะฐะบัะพัะฐ. ะะฐะบะฐะฝัะธะฒะฐััะตะตัั ะฒัะตะผั ะฟัะธะฒะพะดะธั ะบ ะฝะตัะพะณะปะฐัะธั, ัะฝะธะถะตะฝะธั ะพะฑะผะตะฝะฐ ะธะฝัะพัะผะฐัะธะตะน ะธ ัะถะตััะพัะตะฝะธั ััะตะฑะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน ะบ ะดััะณะพะน ััะพัะพะฝะต. ะะพัะฟัะธััะธะต ะดะพััะฐัะพัะฝะพะณะพ ะฒัะตะผะตะฝะธ ัะฟะพัะพะฑััะฒัะตั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒั.
ะ ะฐะทะณะพะฒะฐัะธะฒะฐะนัะต ะฝะฐ ะพะดะฝะพะผ ัะทัะบะต. ะัะปะธ ะบัะพ-ัะพ ะฟัะธะณะปะฐัะฐะตั ะฒะฐั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั ะฒ ะบะพะฝะบัะตัะฝะพะผ ะฟัะตะดะฟัะธััะธะธ, ะทะฐะดะฐะฒะฐะนัะต ะฒะพะฟัะพัั, ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัั ัะต ะถะต ัะตัะผะธะฝั, ะบะพัะพััะต ะพะฝะธ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทะพะฒะฐะปะธ ะดะปั ะพะฟะธัะฐะฝะธั ัะฒะพะตะณะพ ะฟะปะฐะฝะฐ. ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ ะพะฑัััะฝัะตั: ยซะญัะพ ัะพะทะดะฐะตั ัะพ, ััะพ ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธ ะฝะฐะทัะฒะฐัั ยซัะพะพัะฒะตัััะฒะธะต/ัะพะฒะผะตััะธะผะพัััยป, ะธ ะฒั, ะบะฐะถะตััั, ะฑัะดะตัะต ะฑะพะปะตะต ะทะฐะธะฝัะตัะตัะพะฒะฐะฝั ะฒ ัะตัะฝะพะผ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะต, ะดะฐะถะต ะตัะปะธ ะทะฐะดะฐัะฐ ััะตะฑัะตั ัะตััะตะทะฝัั ััะธะปะธะน ะธ ัะฑะพัะฐ ะดะพะฟะพะปะฝะธัะตะปัะฝะพะน ะธะฝัะพัะผะฐัะธะธ.
ะ ะฐะทะดะตะปะธัะต ััะบะพะฒะพะดััะฒะพ. ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ ะฒะธะดะธั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ะบะฐะบ ัะพัะผั ััะบะพะฒะพะดััะฒะฐ, ัะฐะฒะฝะพะผะตัะฝะพ ัะฐัะฟัะตะดะตะปะตะฝะฝัั ะผะตะถะดั ะฒัะตะผะธ ัะปะตะฝะฐะผะธ ะณััะฟะฟั. ะะตะปััั ััะบะพะฒะพะดััะฒะพะผ, ะฒั ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปัะตัะต ะดััะณะธะผ ะฒะทััั ะฝะฐ ัะตะฑั ะธะฝะธัะธะฐัะธะฒั ะฒ ะบะฐัะตััะฒะต ะฝะตะพััะตะผะปะตะผะพะน ัะฐััะธ ะณััะฟะฟั. ะะพะทะฝะธะบะฐะตั ะฟะพะฒััะตะฝะฝะพะต ััะฒััะฒะพ ยซัะพะฑััะฒะตะฝะฝะพััะธยป ะฝะฐ ะฑะธะทะฝะตั-ะฟะปะฐะฝั ะธ ะธะดะตะธ ะฒัะตะผะธ ัะปะตะฝะฐะผะธ ะณััะฟะฟั, ะธ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐั ััะตะดะฐ ััะฐะฝะพะฒะธััั ะฟัะธััะฝะพะน.
ะะทััะธัะต ะบะพะพะฟะตัะฐัะธะฒะฝัะต ััะตะดััะฒะฐ ัะตัะตะฝะธั ะฟัะพะฑะปะตะผ. ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ ัะบะฐะทัะฒะฐะตั, ััะพ ััะพ ะดะตะนััะฒะธัะตะปัะฝะพ ัะฒะพััะตัะบะธะต ะธะฝััััะผะตะฝัั ะฟะพะด ะดััะณะธะผ ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะฝะธะตะผ. ะะพะทัะผะตะผ, ะฝะฐะฟัะธะผะตั, ะฟัะพััะพะน ะธะฝััััะผะตะฝั ะผะพะทะณะพะฒะพะณะพ ััััะผะฐ. ะงัะพ ะฟัะพะธัั ะพะดะธั, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะฒัะตั ะฟัะธะณะปะฐัะฐัั ะฟัะตะดะปะพะถะธัั ัะฐะผัะต ยซะดะธะบะธะตยป ะธะดะตะธ, ััะพะฑั ะทะฐัะตะผ ะฝะฐะนัะธ ัะฟะพัะพะฑั, ะบะพัะพััะผะธ ะพะฝะธ ะผะพะณัั ัะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัั, ัะพะทะดะฐะฒะฐัั ะธะปะธ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั. ะััะณะธะต ะผะตัะพะดั ะฒะบะปััะฐัั ะฒ ัะตะฑั ะฟัะธะพััะฐะฝะพะฒะบั ััะถะดะตะฝะธะน, ััะพัะฝะตะฝะธะต ัะตะปะธ ะธ ะทะฐะดะฐั ะดะพ ะฝะฐัะฐะปะฐ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ, ะฐ ัะฐะบะถะต ะพัะตะฝะบั ะฟะปะฐะฝะพะฒ ะดััะณะธั ะปัะดะตะน ะฒ ะฝะตัะณัะพะถะฐััะตะน ะผะฐะฝะตัะต.
ะกะพะฑะปัะดะฐะนัะต ะฟัะธะฝัะธะฟ ะฒะทะฐะธะผะฝะพััะธ. ะะพะณะดะฐ ะบัะพ-ัะพ ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐะตั ะฒะฐะผ, ะฝะต ะทะฐะฑัะดััะต ะฟะพะผะพัั ะธะผ. ะััะฐะทะธัะต ัะฒะพั ะฑะปะฐะณะพะดะฐัะฝะพััั ะธ ะฟะพะผะพะณะธัะต ะธะผ ะฟัะตะถะดะต, ัะตะผ ะพะฝะธ ะพะถะธะดะฐัั. ะะพะปะธัะธะบะฐ ะฒัะตะพะฑัะตะน ะฒะทะฐะธะผะฝะพััะธ โ ะปัะดะธ ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐัั ะปัะดัะผ โ ะพะฑะปะตะณัะฐะตั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ. ะญัะฐ ะผะตัะพะดะธะบะฐ, ะบะฐะบ ะฑัะปะพ ะดะพะบะฐะทะฐะฝะพ ัะผะฟะธัะธัะตัะบะธ (ะพัะพะฑะตะฝะฝะพ ะฒ ะพะฑะปะฐััะธ ะผะตะถะดัะฝะฐัะพะดะฝัั ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน), ัะฒะปัะตััั ะพะดะฝะธะผ ะธะท ะฝะตะผะฝะพะณะธั ัะฟะพัะพะฑะพะฒ ะดะพะฑะธัััั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ ั ะฟัะพัะธะฒะฝะพะน ััะพัะพะฝะพะน.
ะกะพะฒะผะตััะฝะพ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัะนัะต ัะตััััั ะธ ะธะฝัะพัะผะฐัะธั. ะะพะณะดะฐ ะปัะดะธ ะบะพะฝะบััะธัััั ะทะฐ ะทะฝะฐะฝะธั, ัะฐะฑะพัะตะต ะผะตััะพ, ะฟะตััะพะฝะฐะป, ะธะปะธ ััะพ-ะฝะธะฑัะดั ะตัะต, ััะพ ะผะพะถะตั ะฟะพะผะพัั ะธะผ ัะดะตะปะฐัั ัะฐะฑะพัั, ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ัะผะตะฝััะฐะตั. ะะฑะผะตะฝ ัะตััััะฐะผะธ, ะฝะฐะพะฑะพัะพั, ะฟะพะพัััะตั ัะฐะฑะพัั ะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะฐ ั ะดััะณะธะผ.
ะฃะบัะตะฟะปัะนัะต ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดะฝัะน ะดัั . ะะผะตััะพ ัะพะณะพ, ััะพะฑั ั ะฒะฐะปะธัั ะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะฐ ะทะฐ ั ะพัะพัะพ ะฒัะฟะพะปะฝะตะฝะฝัั ัะฐะฑะพัั, ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัะนัะต ะบะพะปะปะตะบัะธะฒะฝัะน ะฟะพะดั ะพะด ะบ ัะตัะตะฝะธั ะฟัะพะฑะปะตะผ. ะะพะณะดะฐ ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดะฐ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐะตั ั ะพัะพัะพ, ะฒัั ะณััะฟะฟะฐ ะฑัะดะตั ะฒะพะทะฝะฐะณัะฐะถะดะตะฝะฐ. ะญัะพ ะผะธะฝะธะผะธะทะธััะตั ะปะธัะฝัะน ะทะฐัะตั ะธ ะผะฐะบัะธะผะธะทะธััะตั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ. ะ ะฐัะฟัะตะดะตะปะธัะต ะฒะพะทะฝะฐะณัะฐะถะดะตะฝะธะต ะฟะพัะพะฒะฝั ะผะตะถะดั ะฒัะตะผะธ ัะปะตะฝะฐะผะธ ะณััะฟะฟั.
ะะตะนััะฒัะนัะต ัะพะพะฑัะฐ. ะััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะฟะพะดัะฒะตัะถะดะฐัั ัะพั ัะฐะบั, ััะพ ะปะธัะฐ, ะบะพัะพััะต ะฑัะปะธ ัะฒะธะดะตัะตะปัะผะธ ัะพะฒะผะตััะฝัั ะดะตะนััะฒะธะน, ัะฒะปััััั ยซะฟะตัะตะฝะพััะธะบะฐะผะธ ะธ ัะฐัะฟัะพัััะฐะฝะธัะตะปัะผะธยป, ัะฐะทะดะตะปััั ะฝะตะบะพัะพััั ััะตะฟะตะฝั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะฐ ัะพ ัะปะตะดัััะธะผ ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะพะผ, ะบะพัะพัะพะณะพ ะพะฝะธ ะฒัััะตัะฐัั. ะ ะปัะฑะพะต ะฒัะตะผั, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะฒั ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐะตัะต ะดััะณะพะผั ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบั ััะฒััะฒะพะฒะฐัั ัะตะฑั ะปัััะต, ะฒั ัะฒะตะปะธัะธะฒะฐะตัะต ะฒะตัะพััะฝะพััั ัะพะณะพ, ััะพ ะพะฝ ััะฐะฝะตั ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั ั ะฒะฐะผะธ. ะะฐะบ ัะตะทัะผะธััะตั ะะนะทะตะบัะตะฝ, ยซะะฐัะธ ะดะตะปะฐ ะณะพะฒะพััั ะณัะพะผัะต, ัะตะผ ัะปะพะฒะฐ, ะธ ะฟะพะพััััั ะดััะณะธั ะปัะดะตะน ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั ั ะฒะฐะผะธยป.
ะ ะฐะดะธ ัะฒะพะตะณะพ ะทะดะพัะพะฒัั, ะฟะพะฟัะพะฑัะนัะต ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐัั. ะกะดะตะปะฐะนัะต ััะพ, ััะพะฑั ะฟะพััะฒััะฒะพะฒะฐัั, ะฝะฐัะบะพะปัะบะพ ะปัััะต ะฒั ัะตะฑั ััะฒััะฒัะตัะต, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ัะพัััะดะฝะธัะฐะตัะต ั ะดััะณะธะผะธ. ะะฐะบ ะฟะพะปะฐะณะฐัั ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปะธ, ััะพะธั ะฒะฐะผ ะพะดะฝะฐะถะดั ะธัะฟััะฐัั ะฟะพะปะพะถะธัะตะปัะฝัะต ัะผะพัะธะธ ะธ, ะบะฐะถะตััั, ะดะปั ะฒะฐั ะฑะพะปััะต ะฝะตั ะดััะณะพะณะพ ัะฟะพัะพะฑะฐ ะฒัะฟะพะปะฝััั ัะฐะฑะพัั, ะทะฐ ะธัะบะปััะตะฝะธะตะผ ัะพะฒะผะตััะฝะพะณะพ.
ะกะพัััะดะฝะธัะตััะฒะพ ัะฒะปัะตััั ัะตะฝะฝัะผ ัะพะฒะฐัะพะผ, ะธ ัะฐะฑะพัะฐะตั ะปัััะต ะฒัะตะณะพ, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะพะฝะพ ะดะฐะตััั ะดะฐัะพะผ ะธ ะบะพัะฒะตะฝะฝะพ ะฟะพะพัััะตััั. ะญัะพ ัะฟะพัะพะฑััะฒัะตั ะดะพะฑัะพะถะตะปะฐัะตะปัะฝะพััะธ ะฟะพ ะพัะฝะพัะตะฝะธั ะธ ะบ ะผัะถัะธะฝะฐะผ, ะธ ะถะตะฝัะธะฝะฐะผ, ะธ ััะพ ะดะฐั, ะบะพัะพััะน ัะผะตััะตะฝ ะฒ ะปัะฑะพะต ะฒัะตะผั. ะ ะบะพะฝัะต ะบะพะฝัะพะฒ, ะฟััะผะพ ัะตะนัะฐั โ ะฟะพะดั ะพะดััะธะน ะผะพะผะตะฝั!
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