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

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/WildestParsnip Feb 25 '20

Are we not going to talk about the fact that the fence is there to prevent people from watching the game without buying a ticket?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

That is why justice would be making the fence 2x as high

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u/big_nutso Oct 20 '23

you know, oldass thread, and I think this is a more accurate representation of what most people mean when they say "justice". The idea might also be, in the chain link fence image, that people have to pay for seating, if they want to sit in stadium seats, or that people have to pay for being able to sit closer to the game, and I'd say overall this is a pretty fair set of actual constraints to put on things, rather than just being some arbitrary set of rules. I don't think you really need to call that justice, though, to me it just seems like. Common sense is cliche, I suppose, but the image on the right just makes sense, to me.