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Why YSK: because what seems like equal situation from surface isn't always equal opportunity for all. And even when equal measure of help is provided, it might not be equally useful.

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[-] KingBoo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the image, but "justice" as it's described from the image, isn't what people want progressively.

I used to agree with the picture, everyone should be tested fairly.

Expectations are a bit different though. Execution of what I've seen the public want is the Equality picture, but parties switch ladders.

Modern equality isn't about fairness, it's about your turn to benefit from the unfairness that's always inherent in the system. We don't want to change the system as much as we want our turn.

Life is never fair. The only things that change are perspectives and volume.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Execution of what I’ve seen the public want is the Equality picture, but parties switch ladders.

Nah, that's just how work towards Equity is portrayed by those who are already standing on the ladder that reaches the tree. I.e., a bunch of fear-mongering about how giving someone else a taller ladder will somehow shrink their own ladder.

Saying "life is never fair" is basically just saying we can't build a taller ladder, so the only (implicitly unacceptable) solution is to swap ladders.

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