MLK - a Spiritual Egalitarian

I am not a racist, but I am of the opinion that Martin Luther King sowed seeds of destruction. I do not have a problem with racial equality. All races are obviously equal. However, among individuals, there is no such thing as equality. Martin Luther King was for equality in general and that is why I do not like him.

MLK is at least partly responsible for the social decay our society has experienced since his time, a leveling of standards. Since at least my time (I am 30 years old) the public school curriculum has focused on "group work" and "team-building"; on "sharing" and "caring" and cooperation with one's neighbor. From Kindergarten on we were subjected to confidence and self-esteem-building exercises and group projects. We were not "special" because of anything we had actually accomplished. We were "special" just because we existed. Much like how reality television stars think they are special just for existing. Snooki must have had her self-esteem flattered too.

More than anything, we were taught to believe that we were all equal. Nothing could be further from the truth. A very few people are extraordinary (at one thing or another or in general) and the rest are varying degrees of average. To think that we are all somehow on the same level field does tremendous injustice to both parties. But heaven forbid there should be any conflict between stronger and weaker or lesser and greater. There should be no conflict at all - just some kind of static peace that hurts the wolves and benefits the sheep! This is what MLK wanted. Beyond race, class, politics. He was a communist to even a spiritual degree.

Perhaps this is why my generation and the generations after are having such a difficult time adjusting to the world. I am not the first to say this, but the world does not always do a very good job of flattering one's self-esteem. Even if one is a success in life, time itself does not flatter one's self-esteem! Maybe MLK can use his magic to make all the young men and women on earth equally young, happy and beautiful too! And for eternity! Why not?

One of MLK's most famous quotes is "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve." Wrong. Very, very few people can be great, regardless of the amount of charity work they do. The great serve themselves. I serve myself and myself only. What matters is not the mass (or helping the masses), but the individual. The individual must fight tooth and nail against the mass, a mass of egalitarian zombies.

Success is not working together. Success is following one's own individual path no matter what - the rest of the world be damned.