Egalitarianism

'We're all the same', say exhausted liberals.
But this means no more than 'we are together' or 'we are similar' ;
' SAME ', from Old Norse 'samr'; compare to Latin 'similis', like, 'simul', together, at the same time; 'sem-', one , Greek 'homos', same, 'hama', together, 'hen-', 'heis', one.

Clearly, this all means the coming together of things as one, but there is always a recognition of difference; the most that is claimed is SIMILITUDE.
The progression is; - together, at the same time, like, similar, same. This is a gradual blunting of language.

' EQUAL ', from Latin 'aequalis', 'aequus', level, equal.
But where does this notion derive from? the following makes clear;
' LEVEL ', from Latin 'libella', diminuative of 'libra', weight, balance.

We are dealing here with the concept of things having equal weight in the BALANCE of scales. As with 'same/similar', when (differing) things are brought together, we ask 'how do they match'?
The concept is comparative at all times: how close do differing things conform - one is of course prepared to overlook differences if one wants to increase similarity.
To Nietzsche, much human folly is due to this tendency to want to make the diverse 'similar'.

And what of the following;
' NORM ',from Latin 'norma', literally a carpenter's square.

SO! - we have two trends; the need to bring things into comparison in order to judge, and second, the trend to artificially render things the 'same'.
When the above two trends are misunderstood, then arises the misconception that things ARE the same.
From this stupidity arises Egalitarianism.