Envy

Throughout history, envy, one of the seven deadly sins has commonly been charged with being unreasonable, irrational, imprudent, vicious, or wrong to feel. Many times this common emotion can be puzzling and complex and can truly tear apart the morals of a human being. However, many individuals and countries have not succumbed to this deadly sin thus progressing on a daily basis. For example, the country of Russia lives by a communist government, which is a social structure in which classes are abolished and property is commonly controlled, as well as a political philosophy and social movement that advocates and aims to create such a society. In laments terms, citizens are told what they are destined to do from birth, there are no social classes, and everyone is economically equal to each other. But in any type of egalitarian society which holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights has numerous benefits but also some downfalls.

Such as in the example of communism almost everyone is created equal except politicians that hold a substantive amount of power. In this situation, envy would be prevalent even though the general population is equal to one another in regards to social class. Biologically it is natural for any human being to become envious of one another because we always looking for an upgrade from our current life and it would be quite convenient to experience the luxuries we do not possess. In many cases, certain individuals succumb to envy because there is such a hunger to become better whether it is financially, socially, or physically. In America, we tend to be the best that we can be at all necessary measures possible. Honestly, who wants to be the person at the bottom of the totem pole? Probably nobody would because that denote that a certain individual is either unsuccessful and who wants to be unsuccessful throughout life?

However reverting to the subject of communism and since everyone is created equal socially and economically why do many Russian citizens move out of their home country to attain a better life somewhere else? Is it because communism tends to be oppressive and nobody has free will to do whatever they want in regards toward education and career possibilities or would it be that they are envious of the material items such as having a luxurious house, nice car, and a high paying job? Honestly if my homeland created myself equal in regards to my next door neighbor who does not have the education level that I have, then I would also probably move to another country to have a better shot at life.
Two Questions of My Own

1.Are egalitarian governments truly based on envy and if so, is envy a byproduct of egalitarianism?
2.Is egalitarianism something that more countries should try to implement into their governments to wash away the concept of envy?