Since the beginning of time, man has always fought over principles and freedom that they are entitled to. These entitlements are called rights. Even though the earlier definitions of man have changed over time to where some of these men did not have these rights, the purpose of rights are to establish entitlements that all man ,no matter how different, have no matter what. The interpretation of what exactly what entitlement a man need and what defines a man has changed has lead to conflicts between men for as long as we could comprehend difference in each other.
In a way, rights don’t end conflicts but since the absence of them often creates conflict, they create conflict. We solve these right related conflicts by rewarding those without the rights in question with the rights they deserve or demand but their will always be a group that doesn’t have a right that another has. These type of conflict never ends. It seems to me to destroy these conflicts is to destroy the idea of entitlement or privilege. If the privilege doesn’t exist, no one can claim to not have it.
What I am saying is that if no one has privilege, no one can claim to be treated unfairly. It would be technically world peace right? This brings up a few questions. Now the real question is do we need the concept of privilege for a functioning society? Do we need our authority figures to have special powers? How far can the world go with abolishing privilege without being cruel to those that may have special circumstances? Just-a- brainstormin’
