About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The stork symbolizes birth, which is the one natural process that treats everyone equally regardless of status.
- In plain terms
- Birth is the only thing that levels the playing field for ordinary people.
- What can you take from it?
- Equality starts at birth, before society divides us.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truly distinguishes people beyond birth?
- How do we maintain equality after birth?
Another view
Birth doesn't actually equalize outcomes in life.
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