![]() This particularly story makes itself both timely and relevant by taking the equal outcome concept to its absurd conclusion. Lately, however, there is a growing part of the population that increasingly begins to support policies that directly and indirectly support equal outcomes rather than, and ocassionally at the expense of, equal opportunity. This short story is so compelling and interesting because it forces us to look at the issue of "equal opportunity" vs "equal outcomes." For much of the history of the United States the overwhelming majority of people happily settled for equal opportunity. A common mistake is to criticize existing practices and policies without offering practical alternatives - both sides of the political spectrum are guilty of this. The short story Harrison Bergeron, is a great "thought piece" for classroom reading and discussion. I think one of the more interesting political fault lines emerging in the United States centers around the idea of "inequality" and is currently voiced - in what I consider to be an overly simplified and not quite thoughtful manner - as "income inequality." ![]()
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