An egalitarian society is an impossible dream

Many of today´s countries strive to achieve an egalitarian society, where all citizens would be equal and deserve equal treatment in all things. While this ideology certainly is an aspect present in many modern cultures, it crucial to realize that a society where everyone would be equal to everybody else in all parts of life is nothing but a dream impossible to achieve. Let´s take communism, an ideology that aims to create a classless society in which property is communal and everyone contributes to the community. An early slogan was, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. ” A seemingly nice philosophy proved to be dysfunctional in practice. Regardless of the circumstances, hierarchies will always emerge in human societies and the people in positions of power will corruptly allocate the best resources to themselves. Communism is a utopian ideal that doesn’t take into account human selfishness, and lust for money and power. On the other hand, countries with deeply rooted social-democratic principles are often considered to be most egalitarian in the whole world. For instance, Nordic countries, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, have achieved very high levels of equality and wellbeing, alongside of high levels of economic prosperity. They result from unique social solidarity, alongside their political and economic systems, indicating that egalitarianism can be successful to a certain extent. It is rather interesting to envision application of these Nordic principles to other countries. In conclusion, partial egalitarianism is a feature found in many modern societies that had already achieved high quality of life. Nonetheless, absolute global egalitarianism remains nothing, but an unachievable vision.