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process. It is truly tragic and one of the primary things that
            impedes human evolution.

               The Origins of Elitism, and the Difference Between
                         Anointment and Random Luck

            When  I  decided  to  study  the  origins  of  Elitism,  certainly
            one of the very worst the scourges of human  society and
            something that simply  has to be eradicated for us to truly
            move  forward  as  a  living  entity,  I  started  with  careful
            observations of people and how they seemed to feel about
            themselves in relation to the public at large. It was curious
            to  me  that  there  seemed  to  be  undue  pride  regarding
            people's seemingly natural abilities.

            As  I  have  explained,  it  is  perfectly  fine  to  be  proud  of
            personal  accomplishments,  but  the  gifts  that  might  have
            been given to you by Our Creator, like intelligence, talent,
            and  natural  abilities  to  learn  and  advance  are  simply  a
            manifestation of luck and randomness, and are really more
            of  a  mandate  for  you  to take these  gifts  and  do  the  right
            thing with them, and not use them to elevate yourself above
            others who may be less fortunate.

            The    problem     all   stems    from    a   fundamental
            misunderstanding of the concept of the equality of people.
            The  simple  phrase,  as  famously  spoken  by  Abraham
            Lincoln  "...all  men  are  created  equal",  is  unfortunately
            overly-simplistic and somewhat nonsensical and the elitist
            or  racist  will  quickly  point  this  out,  seemingly  bolstering
            their  argument  that  they  are  somehow  born  purposely
            superior.

            So  for  clarity,  I  would  like  to  change  the  sentence  that
            declares  the  true  state  of  human  diversity  as  something
            more  like: "All  kinds of  men are created equal". In  other

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