# egalitarianism >[!Ref] Lexicon > ># egalitarianism > Equalitarianism; the untenable belief that all men are biologically equal and that all inequalities in income, wealth and opportunity are the results of unscrupulous usurpation and expropriation of the masses by the capitalists. Egalitarians contend that governments should use their coercive powers to restore and maintain the equality with which all men are supposed to be born. [Further reading see "Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature" by [Murray N. Rothbard](https://www.freemarketcenter.com/lexicon/index.html#Murray%20N.%20Rothbard), [Ludwig von Mises Institute](https://www.freemarketcenter.com/lexicon/index.html#Ludwig%20von%20Mises%20Institute): (2000)] > [[Theory and History (TH)]] 528, et al. --- # References [[Equality]] [[Murray N. Rothbard]]. [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]