Why YSK: because what seems like equal situation from surface isn’t always equal opportunity for all. And even when equal measure of help is provided, it might not be equally useful.

  • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß
    2•1 year ago

    Thank you for taking the time.

    I think I get now what panel 2 wants to tell me.
    I still think it would make the same point (or a similar one) more clearly if the left child had a ladder from start on.

    Then you could see that just equalizing the tools is not enough.
    Here I think it looks as if giving tools is worthless to even harmful, which I don’t agree with.

    But again thank you for writing it up, it was well written and very good to understand for me as a non native speaker.

    • fiat_lux
      4•1 year ago

      Glad to be of use! It’s a pretty nuanced area of English, so I can understand how being a non-native speaker would make it even more difficult.

      I think the reason they decided on the tree lean/fruit quantity was to try to contrast inequality stemming from historical reasons with inequality stemming from no assistance being provided in that moment. Actively withholding needed resources can have the same effect as a system providing unequal resources over time, even if the historical reasons for that inequality weren’t decisions anybody alive today is responsible for.