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Between Time And Timbukto
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In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story entitled: Harrison Bergeron – on which a 1972 screenplay, “Between Time & Timbuktu” was based – we are introduced to a world where human creativity and true equality are squashed in the name of fairness… “THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution
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There is something special inside all of us. We must identify it… we must harness it… and we must capitalize on it. But most importantly, this pseudo-intellectual opinion that everyone must be made “equal” must be abandoned. Lovers of liberty far and wide will agree that all People, no matter the color of their skin or the number of zeros on their paycheck, should be treated fairly under the law. All People should enjoy the same opportunity to pursue happiness. But those who have set out and achieved their goals – those who have natural talents and natural gifts that lead them to success – should not be penalized or held back by a bunch of Handicapper Generals in Washington, DC. Competition is a natural driving force of success and no other place but the United States has proven that so explicitly.
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Are We “Between Time and Timbuktu”
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