Of course the field isn't equal. But if we were to aim for that, at what point should it be required to be equal? At birth? At age 18? Please ask yourself, if everyone I know is broke but I am loaded and I want everyone I know to be equal, and I give each $100, for how long will the equality last? By tomorrow, the equality will be gone. Some will have spent it on something consumable. Some will have invested it. Some will have put it in the bank. A couple can't remember where they put it. Some will have paid a bill. Some will have bought something they can use to make more $. Some gave it somebody else who they thought needed it more. So would we need to re-equalize every 30 mins? Daily?
Will those who still have their $ be upset if others are given more because the others spent theirs and needed more to be "equal?" Or would equality manifest as not allowing anyone to spend unless everyone agreed to spend in the identical way? Or manifest as having to buy a red dress for everyone because Gertrude got one? Will some people be forced to die their hair, shave their head to match the bald guy? Be stretched to become taller? What weight will everyone be required to maintain? Yes, it's getting silly, but just following the thought to see where it could go. I doubt there would be equality of opinion about how far is too far, and where to draw the line and agree that some differences are good, and what they are. Equality of opportunity is good, but equality of outcome is impossible and ridiculous because humans can't and don't want to all do the same things or in the same way.
And what will we do about people who don't want to make any effort? How will they be forced to be equal? Will everyone else have to lower their standards to meet the apathetic, or will everyone else have to do more so there is some left over to prop up the apathetic?
And people are not equally endowed, but each is equally important. Being ugly or pretty or tall are of little importance in the big picture. And these things are not 100% good or bad, everything is a gray area and subjective to the circumstance. What if being pretty manifests as not being taken seriously at an important moment? Or manifests as a later obsession about your aging appearance? What if the thrown-open doors lead to undesirable things? What if being ugly manifests as not worrying if you are genuinely loved? What if being tall manifests as bumping your head a lot? What if having an easy life manifests as falling apart when you're finally faced with a challenging situation? I think it's fun to play a little backyard baseball, but I'm not upset that I wasn't born physically equipped to do that as a profession. I have used what I have, how I can, and lived my life, not somebody else's idea of what my life should be, like I always knew I would, mostly because music told me I would if I put forth an effort.
If everybody was the same, with the same attributes, we would be robots, not people. Differences are good, not liabilities. Wanting things you don't have never killed anybody and I prefer to focus on being grateful for what I do have. I don't want somebody else's money, or face, or house, although I do dream about a little more space, a little more time, a return policy on wrinkles, not having to worry if my family will get sick. Why choose to spend time on the half-empty part of the glass? I believe that you get what you give, and I can't control anything but what I am doing, so the most important thing I can do is to be decent and honorable to other people.
