Social Justice, as explained in Thomas Sowell’s 2023 book: “Social Justice Fallacies”, is perfectly impossible. Social Justice is one of the main professed goals of cultural Marxism, and just as the title of Sowell’s book declares social justice is a fallacy. Sowell explains, with reference to the eighteenth century philosopher Jacques Rousseau, that social justice means all people should have “equal chances at all endeavors—other things being equal”. (Ref p.1) It should be obvious that other things are never equal. Therefore, “social justice” of this sort can never be achieved. Genetic inheritance, ancestry, body build , biological sex, geographical location, family advantages and disadvantages, cognitive powers (genetic and learned), there are many forms of intelligence, very early socio-economic experiences, unique interests and abilities, ones associates, drug use, social skill training, psychological hardiness and fitness, physical fitness, tenacity and perseverance, creativity, personal interests and pure good luck…and so much more.
While equal legal justice can be a sensible goal, no government can guarantee “equal chances at all endeavors…or equal outcomes at endeavors attempted. Cultural Marxism’s Social Justice, it is just a conceptual “red herring”; a rotten idea, dragging Americans off a well-worn trail to liberty and prosperity to one of chaos and ruin. Thus setting the stage for “transformation” to socialism’s sliding scale to universal failure.
V. Thomas Mawhinney, Ph.D. 12/10/23