If you know me, you also know that I care deeply about treating people fairly and creating broad based opportunities for those who want to get ahead and get a fair shake in life (I know what hardship looks like and we are friends.). I was thinking about the impact of discrimination and disparity in society and how we can better use diversity and economic engagement to further the long term interest of the nation.
I have learned over a lifetime that people come with different skills and perceptions and if you draw those ideas and abilities out and down constructive paths there is a power in different kinds of people working towards the same ultimate goals.
It is no ones place to thwart full societal contribution. To me, justice is fundamental to an even playing field where one can rise or fall on their own merit. The laws must always work toward that social enlightenment and the creation of stronger communities.
Performance comes from enhancing skills and putting them in environments in which they can succeed. Provide people a sense of direction and some goals that need to be achieved and they can do wonders. That logic is not always shared by those who lack greater insight nor do they contribute to a strategically aligned environment (i.e. human capital and national development).
I thought this video on Socrates and justice was sort of interesting.
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