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Equality & Envy

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The High Cost of Enemies

The only way to have equal respect is to have respect divorced from behavior and performance, he says. Soel: Good envy spurs us to match the accomplishment of those on higher rungs of life. Bad envy causes us to resent those above us on life's latter; we view their station in life as having come about somehow at our expense. Who is hurt most by this type of bad envy? According to Soel, it's the envyer himself.

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