On Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, three ideals immortalized on all of the French Republic's buildings, stamps, past coins (pre-Euro), etc. Most of the world probably embraces the ideals, or has adopted them from the Great Philosophers of the Enlightenment or the French Revolution, and the Americans themselves would probably, or in fact, do, de facto, subscribe to the notions.
But let's look at them a bit more closely:

--Liberty: the whole world loves the idea, or ideal, but.... it means completely different things to each individual, and it is, anyway, flawed in itself, since my liberty stops where yours begins, and vice versa. So...., great in principle, perfect word to gargle with, everybody votes for it any time anywhere, but impractical and in the end useless or even bull cookies. Can't be applied. Let's get back to it later.

--Fraternity: more or less same problem: perfect buzzword; most religions and socially-oriented philosophies, individuals, political ideals or systems, moral and political leaders, social movements, unions, activists, etc. etc., appropriate the word in one fraction of a second. BUT... can anyone really be my brother? And would that potential brother want me as his brother, too, anyway? Maybe not? (And what about sisters, a majority (51%) in the US, to begin somewhere?)

Which leaves us with one word and spearhead for the whole thing: EQUALITY. That is less loaded, less high-falutin, less-bull-filled, and more practical. I treat everybody the same way and they treat me as one of them. We can talk fiscal, legal/judicial, social, school/classroom, daily interaction, taxation, army, equal opportunity, equal pay (for women, for minorities, for underage, replacement/
temporary, or part-time workers, etc.), environment (treat the planet as your equal, respect a monkey and any other living thing as your equal, etc.) I 'll let everyone extrapolate as he or she wishes, and believe me, you can go ahead on this one, it is solid.

If all are equal, then all will feel like brothers and sisters, all will respect others and each other, and there will probably be liberty, too, because you will feel free, you will be getting equal pay, equal treatment, equal representation, equal taxation, etc. Even if I have this skill and you have another, if you have this type of intelligence and the next person has another; if we recognize it and treat each other equally, you will feel an equal, a brother, free to speak and walk up to me to say what you want to say to me or Billy Bob or to John Newcomb Getty IV.

So, Folks, we can, could, and probably should, or must, go on with this. Vote for, rally behind, practice DAILY, and cast your fate with, EQUALITY. Keep focussed, get rid of the secondary, subsidiary, or dependent buzzwords, and tackle the key one: EQUALITY. PRACTICE IT DAILY. All these ideal words are important, yes, yes, but as George Orwell would say (a la "Animal Farm") this one is MUCH more... equal than others.....


PS: On a side, but related, topic, you may want to check out how Carlin brings down the ten commandments (a double handful, you will admit), to about three of them: same here. Let's keep our eyes on the prize. Simplify, get rid of the BS, and go for the jugular, for what matters...