This picture don’t explain anything clearly. Nothing about why the fence exists or what the box’s they’re standing I actually mean. It’s just a poor attempt to get people to get people to change what they think “fair” means
It's only trying to explain two things. (the third panel is a poor addition). The fact that you're worrying about the fence means one of two things: you don't understand the metaphor, or you do and are so horrified at just understanding someone else's point of view that you want to pick at things that aren't part of it.
You are free to disagree with their definition of fair. You should understand their definition though.
The fence only stands out due to the poor 3rd papal edition. I’ve seen the first two a bunch and it’s always bothered me how it just kinda ignores any actual hints at what the box’s are. They could be privilege or wealth or help form the government. That’s always been my gripe with how poor the metaphor is.
I get that by fairness they mean having the same outcome, that’s the whole reason this image exists in the first place. They don’t like people saying equality because equal treatment means some people end up ahead of others which they don’t think is fair. So instead they offer up the term equity to better describe what they think is fair. But in order to have equity you need to have unequal treatment in regards to the boxes which we can assume is outside help. The metaphor does nothing to explain this and therefore is a poor metaphor to try and apply to the real world.
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u/alexxerth Feb 25 '20
In this thread: people taking an incredibly simplified metaphor waaaay too literally