However, the inverted version of the lord and peasants scenario is not a scenario where the differences in wealth, status, and privileges are leveled out. It is a scenario where, since power corrupts, those appointed to decide how those things are allocated most equally somehow just happen to wind up favoring themselves.
Or, as Orwell so eloquently wrote "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Or, as Orwell so eloquently wrote "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."