There's no loose and sloppy ideal more loathsome and destructive than "equality". Not even unity, democracy, peace, or love. Equality is the violator of justice. It's the despoiler of virtue. The crusher of talent and merit. Under the ideal of equality, the great man and the lowlife are treated the same. By the standard of equality, the ingenious shining hero and the imbecilic insectoid demon are regarded and rewarded the same.
No social ideal could be more depraved than this. The more equality is practiced, the more the high-quality and noble individual is attacked. The more the highly-civilized and exalted society is mauled. Equality is raw evil and the devastator of both.