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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#7972 Post contents: Dr. Boyd Cathey again complains against what he calls egaliarianims, saying that it goes against the natural order, which dictates that there shall be those who rule and those who are ruled. Of course, he thinks that in such a society, he would be the ones who make the rules, and who tells other how things should be, ordering things for his beneift, while telling those he rules that they should be content that he does not treat them as badly as he is entitled to. Of course, that is a big if. Since most societies are pyramidal in nature (few on top, most on bottom), he might find out that there are no openings for being a feudal lord, but plenty for serfs. I hope would take it in good grace when the natural order decreed that he should labor and hope that his lord would not take too much of what he produced. It is because of those odds that a lot of people prefer the egalitarian dream, and prefer to forego the chance of being a lord if that means also foregoing the almost certainty of ending up a serf. Sent at: 2008 05 15