day no. 15,068: if equality is doctrine, envy is virtue

“If the doctrine of equality be true, ‘we must consider envy to be as sound a guide in politics as reverence by religious men is considered to be in religion’.” – W.H. Mallock cited by Russell Kirk

Reading Toby Sumpter's BLOG today (10/28/19), I came across this quote as well as Toby's insightful commentary...

But I would boil it all down to the goodness of hierarchy, or if we want to put it a bit more flamboyantly, the goodness of inequality, or perhaps even more defiantly, the goodness of authority and dominion. This authority and dominion is the foundation of freedom, safety, and provision because dominion insists upon responsibility, ownership, and therefore true, Christian love. There can be no love where there is no responsibility, and there is no responsibility where there is no authority. And apart from this kind of responsible love, there can be no long term flourishing, fruitfulness, creativity, or dare I say it, progress.

Where envy is king, equality is commanded.
Where Jesus is Lord, inequality is edict.

If equality is doctrine, envy is virtue.
If inequality is God's design, envy is sin.

All that to say, if equality is pure doctrine, envy is pure worship.