Egalitarian Drift

1. Foundational Theory: currently unstated

When there is a social circumstance of injustice within a particular human community, that community will tend toward correcting that particular injustice.

a. A sense of justice is a core facet of human nature. Egalitarianism, the feeling that all people (one feels empathy for) deserve equal treatment under our social contract, is the basis of what we call justice.

b. Early on in human evolution, a sense of justice became an essential survival trait while building and maintaining communities of individuals.

c. The building of trust between individuals is essential to building larger communities and this building of trust requires an empathetic relationship.

d. Anyone viewed as lacking an empathetic sense of justice is considered an anomaly and a sociopath.

e. The egalitarian nature of humanity may run in conflict to the also very strong sense of self-preservation. It is not clear that one is stronger or more important than the other.