Sentences with phrase «equal societies almost»

The spirit level: Why more equal societies almost always do better.

Not exact matches

... one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level... In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable barriers, in democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to place.

The community in which Jedek is spoken is more gender - equal than Western societies, there is almost no interpersonal violence, they consciously encourage their children not to compete, and there are no laws or courts.