No. It may be fair to compensate people for greater effort. But the person who was born tall does not deserve a greater share of the coconuts just because only

No. It may be fair to compensate people for greater effort. But the person who was born tall does not deserve a greater share of the coconuts just because only he can reach them. Our system not only greatly rewards/punishes circumstance of birth, it further rewards those who leverage their luck to secure more even advantage, while the unlucky are forced to compete with each other in a race to the bottom for the scraps.