The Hidden Costs of 'Social Justice'

Social Justice warriors arrive from the proposition, that they are the oppressed; be it by color or sexual preference, or whatever class can afford the endorsements to promote their cause, regardless of how small of a minority they may be. It is Marxism repackaged in a modern form.

The narrative is Marxist by nature, though Karl Marx attributed to the proletariat (the working class) and the bourgeoisie (the people that own those means of production). They call profits surplus value and justify that this should be equally distributed to the workers.

This sounds like it makes sense, it has good intentions but has inhumane outcomes. 'Tax the wealthy goes the maxim', but we forget the simple fact that incentives motivate behavior.

Higher taxation results in the exiting of businesses from where it is no longer profitable. Thus consequently places with lower taxes attract more business and eventually collect more money, than they would if they just unjustly increased the cost of current businesses.

In the name of social justice, businesses that provide employment, goods and services are destroyed. Out of an outrage of race or sexuality, this ends up being injurious to the people that live in the area. The businesses leave, and people are forced to resort to welfare. Riots destroy businesses and don't further the cause either.

We are so far from the ages of slavery and even from Jim Crow laws, that race is still being propagated as an issue to be addressed by legislation. I agree wholeheartedly that laws should provide equal opportunity to every person, race, sex, or whatever based on competence and not arbitrary superficial demographics.

I agree with laws that stop discrimination and provide an equal playing field. However, I would not give certain people priority over others who may be more competent. Most of us just want equal opportunity, not quotas or privileges. We are privileging the few, at the cost of the many.

Social justice is often a ruse for redistributive justice, you see equal opportunity does not necessarily mean an equal outcome. However, people will use outcomes, as proof that a race is being discriminated against even if given the same opportunities 

Redistributive justice requires higher taxation, to be able to fund the bureaucracy that will be doing it, thus discouraging businesses from those areas. The more the government steps in with welfare programmes, and then demands higher taxation; the more businesses leave, those people are left to poverty and resorting crime, especially in the states where welfare exists the most.

In conclusion, we must stay clear of this social justice phenomenon. It is merely Marxism as one labels themselves a victim based on race, sex, or whatever arbitrary distinction and society must pay for it, in one way or another. 

The truth is, nothing we do, will be enough for these plunderers; there's always more and more to take from people who earn their living honestly. Reduce taxes for everyone; for higher standards of living benefit everyone equally, not just the upper class or the middle class; so down with social justice, it is divisive and costly.