This shirt always gets me mixed responses in public.
Some seem to love it, others hate it - but often, those on both sides misunderstand what is meant by it.
There is a world of difference between “I believe all people should be treated courteously until they give reason otherwise,” and “all people are equal.”
The first I subscribe to. The second…
“Equal” definition: “a person or thing considered to be the same as another in status or quality.”
Not only does this not exist anywhere in nature - nothing is exactly like another - it is also a terrible motivator.
To struggle for “same.” To be like everyone else.
The overlords of this world want to rule over a vast ocean of sameness - billion on billion who eat the same things, watch the same trash, wear the same brands, dream the same bland, beige dreams.
Same is tame. Same is safe. Same is easy to manage.
Only an inferior soul would strive for “sameness.”
The struggle is for greatness. Heroism. Endurance. Excellence.
To light the heart on fire and let it blaze through one’s existence as a burning star.
To not merely be “equal,” but to engage in the Great Work of personal alchemy, and to discover there who you truly are is only what you make of yourself.
