2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I Would Like To Put A Question Forward... How Does One Legislate Social Justice ??? [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)his intentions with his post. From my point of view, he is saying that "social justice is intrinsically liked to economic justice" and I believe that is true. I see nowhere that he said "the only road to social justice is economic equality."
It's not an either/or. Would we have the right to marry if it weren't for gays and lesbians with enough money to hire a lawyer and fight for the right to marry? I don't think we would have gotten it this quickly. The arc of justice can be terribly slow, but financial advantage can certainly speed that process up.
We need to have legislation that eradicates the inequality in our social justice system - that is plain to anyone who is paying attention. We also need to address financial inequality, which I believe is also plain to anyone who is paying attention.
Nobody (to my knowledge) is saying it is a zero-sum with respect to these issues.
Do you disagree with that?