When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
In a just world, there would be no possibility of 'charity'.
My own recipe for world peace is a bit of land for everyone.
So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough.
We wish, in a word, equality - equality in fact as a corollary, or rather, as primordial condition of liberty. From each according to his faculties, to each according to his needs; that is what we wish sincerely and energetically.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
The real implication of equal distribution is that each man shall have the wherewithal to supply all his natural needs and no more.
Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?
Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.
Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.
If you are a cooperative animal you need to watch what you get. If you, or even a whole community, invest in something but then a few individuals receive a much larger return, it's not a good arrangement. If it happens consistently, it's time to look for an arrangement that is more beneficial. That's why we're so sensitive to how rewards are being divided.
