Promoters of egalitarianism tend to focus only on wealth and possessions. They ignore the causal factors and the personal choices we each make as best as we can. They ignore our differences in preferences. If consistent on all areas of value the egalitarian would have to remove all opportunities for change.

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Karl Marx used egalitarianism as the starting point in the creation of his Marxist philosophy, and John Locke considered egalitarianism when he proposed that individuals had natural rights.

Egalitarianism (from French égal ‘equal’), or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds from the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarianism is the doctrine that all citizens of a state should be accorded exactly equal rights.

Everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability, is equal before the law. No one can be deprived of these rights except through fair legal procedures and based on clear, fair laws.

Denmark

With that in mind, here are the top 10 countries in the 2020 Social Progress Index.

1. Norway. Score: 92.73 out of 100.
2. Denmark. Score: 92.11 out of 100.
3. Finland. Score: 91.89 out of 100.
4. New Zealand. Score: 91.64 out of 100.
5. Sweden. Score: 91.62 out of 100.
6. Switzerland. Score: 91.42.
7. Canada. Score: 91.40 out of 100.
8. Australia.

The Five Fastest Growing Economies In The World

• Guyana. With a projected 26.21% growth in 2020, Guyana is the fastest growing economy in the world.
• South Sudan. South Sudan is a young country that gained independence in 2011.
• Bangladesh. Bangladesh has emerged as a strong economic growth story.
• Egypt.
• Rounding Out The Top Ten.

US social mobility has either remained unchanged or decreased since the 1970s. On average, American children entering the labor market today have the same chances of moving up in the income distribution (relative to their parents) as children born in the 1970s.

In this video, Richard Reeves, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institute illustrates how inequality affects the American Dream, revealing dismal prospects for underprivileged Americans to move up the socioeconomic ladder.

Global Social Mobility Index (2020)

Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being important in social theory, the concept of class as a collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances has been widely used in censuses and in studies of social mobility.

Social class has both a cause and an effect relationship with family composition. For example, single-parent households are likely to have a lower social class because they violate social norms. At the same time, single-parent families can contribute to financial and social instability.

“Class affects whether someone is going to be accepted into a particular kind of school, their likelihood of succeeding in that school, the kinds of jobs they have access to, the kinds of friends they make” — in essence, the degree of status, power and perks people enjoy or lack in their daily lives. …

American society is stratified into social classes based on wealth, income, educational attainment, occupation, and social networks.

In other words, social class differences in identity, cognition, feelings, and behaviour make it less likely that working‐class individuals can benefit from educational and occupational opportunities to improve their material circumstances.

The constraints of poverty can cause a cycle of poor mental and physical health, according to psychologists who presented research at APA’s 2003 Annual Convention on the impact of poverty on people’s well-being.

Social class and crime are connected in a magnitude of ways. Those from lower economic strata are more likely to be arrested, convicted, and incarcerated for crimes than are more affluent individuals. Prisoners in the United States are more likely to be unemployed and earn less than the general population.

People at the lower end of the socio- economic scale may feel a lack of control or autonomy at work, resulting in a sense of alienation, which has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing, while more senior white-collar roles may lead to high levels of stress, which can also negatively affect mental wellbeing and …

It’s clear that housing conditions can influence our physical health. However, housing also has a huge influence on our mental health and wellbeing – children living in crowded homes are more likely be stressed, anxious and depressed, have poorer physical health, and attain less well at school.

The Black Report, published in 1980 confirmed social class health inequalities in overall mortality (and for most causes of death) and showed that health inequalities were widening.

chairman Sir Douglas Black