62 richest people has as much money as poorest 3.5 billion humans

[MTZehvor]

fatslob-:O said:

MTZehvor said:

Fair, in as far as the dictionary is concerned (at least, when it's not talking about appearance) refers to a state of some sort of competition or contest where both sides start out on equal grounds. People get upset at accusations of cheating in poker, for example, because it means one player has an unfair chance.

It's the same sort of thing here; if people don't start off at the same level, it isn't "fair," so to speak. The saying of "the world's not fair," comes into play here.

That is almost never the case in the real world so your point is moot ... 

Fair NEVER implies an equal starting state ... 

Having better or worse starting circumstances is a part of life and all of us have to deal with it in some way ...

As it pertains to contests or measuring of equality, yes, it does. For instance, people got upset at the Patriots when they were accused of deflating footballs. Why? Because it (supposedly) put them at an advantage that others teams didn't start off with. People argue that the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision makes campaigning "unfair" for less wealthy candidates because they can't afford to advertise themselves as much, and are at a disadvantage from the get go. That's the issue at stake here, and that's really what fairness is all about. If you've got a different idea of what fair means, then feel free to throw it out there.

I agree that having better or worse circumstances is a part of life, but that doesn't make the concept of fairness any less valid. It just means that life isn't fair, which, coincidentially, is a commonly enough heard phrase that I think it drives the point home.