My broken Idea of Fairness

I don’t even know if this post will make it to my blog, if it does, it will appear more of a diary note than something meant for an audience for it is more of a documented personal debate that my mind is currently craving for.

CAVEAT: Pardon the flow, forgive the grammar! It’s me trying to regurgitate my thoughts out.

It’s the end term season here at XLRI, tomorrow we all will be sizing up the dreaded Compensation examination. The subject, for those who are unaware, is built on an underlying foundation of Fairness which is an obvious thing to do, assuming salary is the one thing most people sought parity in, if you as a compensation designer don’t fancy an armed crowd chasing you.

The reason I dwell on fairness when ideally I should be scouring through the borrowed notes for tomorrow’s exam is because I find it to be a delusional concept. Look around, browse through your past, has it been even remotely fair? If the answer that pops up is yes then, “Congratulations! You’re the reason others won’t find it fair.”

A lot of people engage in extreme behavior, put in less efforts, hurt others and still manage to come out scot free. There is a lot of subjectivity in measuring the aforementioned acts but at times extreme subjectivity can be taken for objectivity, if you’re doing something egregiously wrong then no amount of subjectivity can hide that. One can always go back and look for reasons and justify even the most heinous of actions, but I think then we are looking for reasons to defend our claims, which means we aren’t unbiased. What I’m talking about here is something that is perceived by the majority for the simple reason that it is straightforward and not because the bigger side is always right.

Click the top right of your screen, if you’re already worked up. For Mac users, well they wouldn’t have reached this far in first place.

So the fundamental thought that I want to convey is that Karma is fiction and what goes around may or may not come back around. The obvious question which follows is - Why in a world where parity is not a natural phenomenon we strive for equity/equality/justice? Shouldn’t we just let it be? Isn’t it an easier thing to do?

Why are we hell bent on acceptance through equality when nature itself isn’t fair? I know, in our moments of vain gloriousness we perceive our species to be beyond worldly affairs and our self-righteousness will always urge us to correct what is wrong in nature but eventually does it matter if you restore balance at a single point on an infinite number line.

I’d wish to see equilibrium restored, I hope Le Chatelier could empower me but sadly I’ve resigned to the fact that the world isn’t fair and what’s sadder is that I’m willing to turn evil because good isn’t fair, good isn’t powerful.

P.S. You can pass this off as ‘Confessions of a psychedelic man’.

Oozing with negativity? Beg to differ? You’re welcome!