The Inevitable Inequality In Modern Democracy

Part I of Essay
A word closely associated with democracy is equality. For a government to be a true democracy, there must be certain kinds of measures taken towards equality in society. The four most prominent are equality of rights, voting, schooling, and justice. (Meanings of Democrac ....

Part II of Essay
.... that surfaces is that a country simply cannot be truly democratic when large economic disparity and inequality exist. (Chomsky 1994) A known phrase from the American Declaration of Independence states that ‘all men are created equal.’ This statement assumes that at birth we all enter the world with the same abilities and that it is our environment in life that shapes what kind of people we will eventually become. Thus, it is arguable that because all men are created equal, all men have the equal opportunity to succeed, at least in today’s ....