In the short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, the U.S. Constitution mandates that all people must be fully equal. Those who are strong must be restrained by weights so that they are no more athletic than anyone else. The good-looking must be masked so they are no more attractive. The intelligent must wear earpieces that disrupt their lines of thought so they are no smarter. And so on.
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.