There is no such thing as equality. We are not all equal.

This is only unpopular because you're missing the entire point of equality, and your conclusions are banal tautology. Of course people are different, but our differences alone do not account for the differences in success or failure, the differences in freedom and oppression, in joy and suffering.

Your starements are offensive because you imply that people are largely responsible for their own respective lots in life, and you suggest we are worse off as a society when we try to treat people equally. It is the foundational argument for fascism and kleptocracy. It's bad for society and bad for humanity, and you should feel bad for thinking it is an opinion at all. Your ignorance is not equal to an opinion.

It is not about being equal.

It is about being given an equal chance for the pursuit of happiness.

I can't tell if you're a moron, a troll, or just a truly awful person.

Is there a particular declaration of equality that you're arguing against? I don't know that I encounter a lot of people who would disagree with your assertion that we're not equal in ability or traits. That likely seems obvious to a lot of people. When equality is spoken of, I usually find that it's addressed as an ideal relating to treatment and opportunity. Some people espouse that society should treat all people equally, in the idea that we all have the same human rights, that we all have the most commons needs, we're all born and die, etc. And treating each other equally is a generally straightforward way to navigate human relationships.

If you focus on the idea that we're all different as the basis for a value system rather than a factual observation that informs your perceptions, that might lead to some people arguing that being different in some ways means you're "better" as a person and should be treated better and have more rights or privileges or freedoms over other people.

If we're categorizing people based on their top speed, yes, an Olympic athlete is likely "better" in that category than an obese guy who doesn't get much or any exercise. But that category may not be relevant to many people outside of sports and athletic competitions and being better in that category doesn't make you a better person in general. A fast runner could also beat their spouse or murder people or kick puppies or just generally be a sociopath. And an obese person who doesn't get much exercise could be a volunteer worker at a children's cancer ward. So "better" in some categories doesn't mean "better" over all or in categories that others might value.

Have you read Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut? It's a dystopian short story about a future in which the government attempts to make everyone equal by handicapping people with above average abilities. There's also a decent movie adaptation called 2081.

https://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html

https://www.teaching2081.org/

It's a good story, but it's arguing against something that as a society, we don't seem even close to being in danger of. We have large swaths of the population who don't want people to be equal or perceived as equal and they're actively pursuing policies that treat people inequally, especially in regard to civil and human rights.

People aren't the same in their abilities, you are correct. And some people will contribute to society more than others, yes.

In these ways, some people will seem to have more "worth" than others, I will concede.

But to me it comes down to the fact that every person deserves:

1. a chance to be happy,
2. to be free from pain,
3. and to be accepted as they were born.

This is what I mean when I say all people are equal. Not that everyone is the same person somehow. 🤨 Granted, some people will forfeit their birthright to these things by betraying humanity or their community in certain ways, but that's beside the point.

I think we should have the same opinion here, right?

Despite much text you didn't really state an opinion, or I failed to see it.

We're not equal? That is not a groundbreaking insight or an opinion, that is very obvious and no secret to anyone.

But does being equal and being treated equally mean the same? No. You might be the best in everything, but if you're speeding you'd get the same ticket as everyone else. Do you want to be treated noticeably different just because of your sex, gender, race, monetary status, fitness, age, your face or whatever? You probably will, but that's because the world is unjust, dumb and highly judgemental.

This doesn’t mean person A is better overall as a human being than person B

If a person is no better or worse than another, what are they if not equal? Sure they're faster but "overall" they're equal.

Five hundred pennies, and five singles are different, but they are equal. Just because a thing is different from another thing, doesn't mean it isn't equal. Sure, five hundred pennies are heavier, they're still equal.

Perhaps "equitable" is a better word for the concept people are talking about. But "equal" is the word used, so it means this now. Regardless, the specific word isn't worth arguing about, it's the concept that is worth discussing.

I think the problem with deciding people aren't equal, is that some group has to decide what metrics are most important. That group will inevitably be the one with the most power, and they'll inevitably pick metrics that they themselves excell at. Then the metric becomes a target, and every metric that becomes a target becomes malicious.

We already see this, we as a society, value people by the amount of capital they own. Wealthy people get to enjoy all the benefits of society and are insulated from most of its problems. As a result (gestures around).

People are already not equal in today's society. There are the 'have's, there are the 'have not's, and there's everything in between. We're not equal, but we should be.

Judging by how often death is celebrated and violence or murder is openly advocated here, I don’t think many people actually even believe we’re all equal - only that their in-group is. And often, not even everyone within that.