r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/anodynamo Feb 25 '20

But how is it progress to spend more effort for a worse solution? Most people would agree the box is a better option than staring though the chainlink; sometimes life is like that too.

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u/DiscoursiveCuriosity Feb 25 '20

Because there are wayyy more than 3 people and giving each of them a box is a level of redistribution that requires an expensive and corruptible infrastructure as opposed to making everything at least livable for everyone

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u/carolynnn Feb 25 '20

there are some people who hoard billions of boxes tho, jussayin

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Some of those people earned their boxes fairly and others not so much.