200-word essay on "All men are not created equal"

Man is born unequal

The famous French thinker Rousseau once wrote: Man is born free and equal. One stone stirs up a thousand waves. Since this famous saying came out, it has inspired thousands of working people, making them feel the dignity and rights of being human, giving them the revolutionary passion to overthrow tyranny, and giving them the unremitting motivation to work hard not to be satisfied with the status quo. Let them have the ideological foundation to live in harmony with others. But is this really the case in our real lives? Are all human beings born free and equal? I'm afraid I haven't seen it until now.

"All men are born free and equal." It is said that it is only possible in the "state of nature" and will never exist in real life. Take the most basic education as an example. Children who also live under the same blue sky study in very different school environments at the same time. Schools in the city have clean and tidy campuses, elegant environments, and well-equipped teachers. And what about the schools for rural children? The tables and chairs there are old and damaged, the classrooms are dimly lit, the teachers' teaching methods are poor, and the children are even less motivated to learn. Let’s talk about our medical environment. Some large hospitals have cadre wards and general wards, each equipped with different medical staff and medical equipment, so that people with different statuses can receive different services. Even the hospital registration window has to specifically distinguish between expert consultation numbers and ordinary consultation numbers, and provide services at different prices for patients who come for diagnosis. If you are rich, our hospital can treat you well, but if you have no money, we can only arrange for ordinary doctors to see you. Just look at things, which also includes not necessarily seeing things accurately. Let’s talk about the tools we use when traveling. Planes must be equipped with first-class cabins and economy cabins; trains must be equipped with soft sleepers, hard sleepers and hard seats. Those who are rich can sit in the first-class position, while those who have no money can only sit in the economy position. Let’s talk about our living conditions. The government and developers insist on building luxury housing, generally affordable housing, and low-rent housing to be purchased and used by people with different financial abilities, so that rich people can live in villas. , mansions, and bungalows, ordinary people with family difficulties have no choice but to rent low-rent houses and buy affordable houses. This seems to be the thoughtfulness of people's consumers, but it actually reflects the unequal discrimination in life. Let's talk about the few departments that serve us people, and they also look at people with a "different eye." Rich people and big customers can enjoy convenient, fast, thoughtful and attentive VIP services. Ordinary people can only queue up in crowded places, consuming a lot of time and wasting their lives. Let’s talk about some of our government officials’ inspections at the grassroots level. In ancient times, officials walked across the bridge, with escort teams standing on both sides. The officials also held up the words “Quiet” and “Avoid”, which was very impressive. But now it has been changed to police cars clearing the way and passing through without any obstruction, regardless of whether the traffic light is red or green. All vehicles on the road must give way or drive slowly. Only by giving way to the main road can the official's majesty be demonstrated.

What best reflects the inequality of life is the title. If you are born into a family of royal relatives or high-ranking officials, you will be called "young master" or "gongzi", and people will praise you endlessly. And once you are born into a poor and poor family, you will be called "foolish" or "poor ghost" by others, and the words are full of disgrace and contempt. Nowadays, in the recruitment of some employers, powerful officials use the guise of democratic recruitment to deliberately arrange for their children and relatives to participate in the work, and to occupy good jobs, and even promote them. Get priority advance care. However, it is "difficult to reach the sky" for some children from poor peasant families who want to change their status. Chen Sheng has been shouting the slogan "Do princes, generals and ministers have the right to live in peace?" for thousands of years, but how much has changed now?

As the saying goes, "Dragon matches dragon, phoenix matches phoenix, mice are born to dig holes." "Man's destiny is destined by God." "All men are born free and equal" is just a Platonic ideal, because as long as classes exist, as long as interests exist, and as long as personal desires exist, freedom and equality can only be a slogan and will never become reality.