About us
A KL reading group exploring how we should live together โ and what we owe one another.
At Salon Kita, we read and discuss ideas about freedom, equality and justice through Socratic dialogue, and ask what they mean in Malaysia through everyday situations and case studies.
We believe democracy requires more than agreement. It requires the ability to encounter different ideas, understand arguments we disagree with, and negotiate how we live together.
Featured event
Salon Kita #01 - What is the point of equality?
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ โ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ?
As we read this, we will be considering Malaysia's Lindung 24 Jam (SOCSO) scheme in the back of our minds:
It pays out whether you were hit by a falling signboard through no fault of your own, or crashed your motorbike while speeding. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Now that the scheme is voluntary, ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ - ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐40 ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด?
First published in 1999, Elizabeth S. Anderson's "What is the point of equality?" critiques luck egalitarianism, which broadly refers to the idea that justice means compensating people for bad luck that they didn't choose. Anderson argues that this approach leads to inconsistencies and may even humiliate individuals by forcing them to prove that they're deserving victims of misfortune, noting that the basis of luck egalitarianism is "pity" as opposed to compassion. Anderson instead argues for "democratic equality", where everyone relates to one another as free and equal citizens, rather than superiors and inferiors.
Participants will receive a pdf of the article and a terminology + reading guide upon signing up! We will be focusing primarily on pages 308 - 337.
๐: Gerakbudaya, 2, Jalan Bukit 11/2, Pjs 12, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
๐๏ธ: Saturday, 26 September 2026
โฐ: 3:00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
โ๏ธ Register here: (https://forms.gle/WSfFHXtomDibL8yp7)
Upcoming events
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Salon Kita #01 - What is the point of equality?
Gerakbudaya, 2, Jalan Bukit 11/2, Pjs 12, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Petaling Jaya, MY๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ โ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ?
As we read this, we will be considering Malaysia's Lindung 24 Jam (SOCSO) scheme in the back of our minds:
It pays out whether you were hit by a falling signboard through no fault of your own, or crashed your motorbike while speeding. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Now that the scheme is voluntary, ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ - ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐40 ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด?First published in 1999, Elizabeth S. Anderson's "What is the point of equality?" critiques luck egalitarianism, which broadly refers to the idea that justice means compensating people for bad luck that they didn't choose. Anderson argues that this approach leads to inconsistencies and may even humiliate individuals by forcing them to prove that they're deserving victims of misfortune, noting that the basis of luck egalitarianism is "pity" as opposed to compassion. Anderson instead argues for "democratic equality", where everyone relates to one another as free and equal citizens, rather than superiors and inferiors.
Participants will receive a pdf of the article and a terminology + reading guide upon signing up! We will be focusing primarily on pages 308 - 337.
๐: Gerakbudaya, 2, Jalan Bukit 11/2, Pjs 12, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
๐๏ธ: Saturday, 26 September 2026
โฐ: 3:00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.โ๏ธ Register here: (https://forms.gle/WSfFHXtomDibL8yp7)
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