There is a continual need to balance between a successful, competitive society, and a cohesive, compassionate one.
That requires judgment, to strike a bargain or social contract.
Each society must arrive at that optimum point for itself.
Between the two ends, the highly competitive and the excessively equal, lies a golden mean.
This point will move with time and changing values.
Founding Father & Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
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