You ever heard someone say, 'We’re all equal'? Yeah, sure. And I’m a unicorn with a trust fund. Let’s get real — an equal society is about as likely as me waking up tomorrow as Beyoncé. It’s a nice dream, but it’s not happening. Not now, not ever.
Look around. Power? A few people have it. The rest of us? We’re just here paying rent, watching them play chess with our lives. Some are born with gold crowns and fancy titles, while the rest of us are trying to figure out how to stretch R200 until payday. And it’s not like power is ever handed out like free samples at the mall. If anything, the powerful hoard it like it’s the last bag of chips at a sleepover. Sharing? Nah, that’s not in their vocabulary.
Then there’s money. If money talks, most of us are on mute. While some are out there buying private islands and eating gold-flaked sushi, the rest of us are praying our debit card doesn’t embarrass us at the checkout. Rich and poor have been around since forever. No amount of motivational quotes is going to change that. 'Work hard and you’ll get rich!' they say. Yeah, tell that to the person working three jobs and still coming up short.
And can we talk about opportunities? Life is like Monopoly. Some people start the game with hotels on every property, and some of us start with, what? A shoelace and some lint? It’s not fair, but it is what it is. The world isn’t exactly handing out equal chances like Oprah handing out cars. You get a chance! You get a chance! Nope. Some people have connections, resources, and backup plans. Others are just hoping they get a break before they break down.
Now, health. Listen, we can eat all the kale in the world, but genetics doesn’t care. Some people live to 100 drinking nothing but soda and eating bacon. Others? They do all the right things and still get hit with a random illness. Health isn’t fair, and neither is life. And let’s not even get started on access to healthcare. Some people have private doctors and therapists on speed dial, while others are just hoping they can afford a pack of Panado.
And finally, beliefs. You ever tried to get ten people to agree on pizza toppings? Good luck getting eight billion people to agree on how we should live, what we should believe, and who we should be. We can’t even agree on whether pineapple belongs on pizza. (It doesn’t, by the way.) Some people are convinced their way is the only way, and everyone else is just... wrong. Equality of beliefs? Ha! We’re too busy shouting over each other to even hear what the other side is saying.
So, is an equal society an impossible dream? Yup. But maybe the point isn’t to make everyone the same. Maybe it’s about accepting that life is unfair and people are different — some are born with silver spoons, some with wooden ones, and some with no spoon at all. And that’s not okay, but it’s real. Maybe instead of chasing equality, we should be chasing something more real.
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