Enforcing equality of outcome, or an equal distribution of resources, would require a controlling government and a large sacrifice of individual freedom—which fundamentally conflicted with the Founders’ vision and the spirit behind the Liberal Games. Instead, they aimed for another compromise, this one between freedom and equality: U.S. citizens would be equal under the law and enjoy equality of opportunity. (The extent to which this is actually what happens in the U.S. is, of course, another story.)
