To be honest, I think the conversation between equality of "opportunity" and equality of outcome is a false binary that I think this article gets sucked into. Equality of outcome is a bit of a strawman definition of equity as no one, even on the further fringes on the Marxist left actually believes in equality of outcome across the board for everyone. This is a pretty common trope I hear Americans parrot over and over again when anyone is critical of economic and social disparities.
To be more clear, most left ideology isn't opposed to inequality. They are critical of the ways in which that inequality is generated, perpetuated and reinforced through systems of discrimination. You evaluate the ways inequality is generated by measuring outcomes and explaining why those outcomes are the way they are. Conservatives (this includes Neoliberals as well) do this too, however, they tend to see the outcomes as deserved (because of various actions taken in the individuals lives), even if those outcomes result in say, college educated black people having less wealth than white high school dropouts. This is because, unlike liberals and leftists, conservatives don't really believe people are born equal as an axiom to base their political ideas.
To be honest, I think the conversation between equality of "opportunity" and equality of outcome is a false binary that I think this article gets sucked into. Equality of outcome is a bit of a strawman definition of equity as no one, even on the further fringes on the Marxist left actually believes in equality of outcome across the board for everyone. This is a pretty common trope I hear Americans parrot over and over again when anyone is critical of economic and social disparities.
To be more clear, most left ideology isn't opposed to inequality. They are critical of the ways in which that inequality is generated, perpetuated and reinforced through systems of discrimination. You evaluate the ways inequality is generated by measuring outcomes and explaining why those outcomes are the way they are. Conservatives (this includes Neoliberals as well) do this too, however, they tend to see the outcomes as deserved (because of various actions taken in the individuals lives), even if those outcomes result in say, college educated black people having less wealth than white high school dropouts. This is because, unlike liberals and leftists, conservatives don't really believe people are born equal as an axiom to base their political ideas.