Stepping on those who can't

Here is an interesting take on the riots in London.  I guess it just goes to show that the riots really were, as I thought due to the spreading or irresponsibility and coddling by Liberals.

This [the London rioting] has all caused me to reflect on the extraordinary passivity of Americans, and of American students, who respond to reduced access to education by studying harder, getting better grades, and stepping on the people who can’t — or aren’t in a position to –compete any longer.  

God forbid that anyone should work harder to better themselves.  I was under the illusion that people were supposed to rise above the difficulties and work to better themselves and their nation.  That was the freedom the founding fathers gave us.  Apparently that is SO 18th century and now we know better.  Everyone should be equal, just be created equal or have equal opportunity, but be exactly equal.  Now the mathematicians among you will most likely say that this is impossible, but such facts don't bother liberals.  Apparently, those of us who are progressive enough understand that it just isn't right to work hard, because you might actually end up having a better job or life in general than someone else.  Out of respect for those who are unable to work, we also need to refrain from working so as to not have an unfair advantage.  Instead we need to take to the streets and destroy and rob other peoples stuff that they have worked for, to show them that working and having stuff is just wrong.

Come to think of it, what exactly constitutes "the people who can’t — or aren’t in a position to –compete any longer"?  Does Professor Potter mean those who have learning disabilities?  Those who are just plain not as smart?  Whoever you are there is usually some area that you can compete in.  As best I can tell, she wants everyone to have exactly the same abilities, like in Harrison Bergeron.  (If you haven't read that short story or watched the film, I highly recommend it.)  What it sounds like to me is that she wants everyone to be equally horrible at everything.  It's like the opposite of the humanist era.  Now we know that it's best for everyone to be bad a doing everything, not for us to better society and become superhumans.  After all, wouldn't you feel horrible if you got a better grade on your homework than someone else because you worked harder for it than they did.  That would be so unequal.  After all, he can't help that he can't conscentrate his mind on his homework.  Of course, some people are naturally better at math, but Potter was downing the people who work to make up for such differences.  Apparently in her mind we all need to just lay back and move as a happy, lazy, brainwashed group of good-for-nothing bums.  Something tells me that she must mean something else, but I can't find any other way to interpret her statement.  I wonder how she feels about oriental kids, who work their tails off and are rewarded with testing better than American kids. I guess we'll have to send the Handicapper General over there to fix them as well.  Can't have anyone being smarter or stronger, after all.  Would it really hurt that much for some people to excel in some areas?  I can't imagine how we'd have our current quality of life people hadn't in the past.