The Tenets of Envy

“In Christian cultures, envy is understood to be one of the seven deadly sins, what Shakespeare identified as a ‘universal wolf.’ But in democratic societies, envy is institutionalized, and the tenets of such envy are diligently taught to the democratic young when they rise up, when they lie down, or when they walk along the road. The envy is not called that, of course, but rather goes by names such as fairness, justice, or equality” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 72).