Fairness is a lie, an illusion, a yoke.
It's the
prospect of fairness that blinds everyone to the reality of its emptiness.
Fairness is tantalizing and alluring because we believe that it "levels the playing field."
The reality, however, is that there are those among us that choose to play the game by their own rules.
Fairness is like sun bathing on a cool summer's day — you feel comfortable, maybe even a bit chilly, but you don't realize that you're still getting burned.
Competition. Subjectiveness. Wants and desires. Striving to be head-and-shoulders among—and above—the rest. Survival of the fittest.
All of these (and more) are at odds with fairness.
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At the earliest stages of our lives we're told to "play fair."
But then as we get older, we're constantly reminded that "life isn't fair."
The mind is caught between the obedience of childhood lessons and the sting of cold reality.
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