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Two geese.

One digs in the dirt all day to get worms for hatchlings.

One plays quack all day. Not because it can't, but because digging is for the birds.

"Equity" says it's unfair the dirt digging goose has so many worms and the quack goose has none, take from dirt digging goose and give to quack goose.

Equitable, but not fair.

But third goose was born without wings, can't fly, struggles to get to dirt to find worms. Works harder than digging goose, but can't get enough worms to survive.

Wingless goose didn't ask to be born without wings.

Not equitable, but also not fair.

The world is complicated. Quack tournament goose exists, so does wingless goose.

Worse, if you try to limit help to wingless goose, some Quack tournament gooses might claim they lost a feather.

And if we help wingless goose, should they have to keep working as hard as digging goose to deserve help? Is that fair? Maybe, but isn't being a wingless goose already really hard?

Anyone who says it's an easy problem to answer is being a silly goose.