Let’s say that everyone in the country rolls 11 dice, and whoever rolls all sixes becomes dictator for life. That would be fair, wouldn’t it? In the sense tha

Let’s say that everyone in the country rolls 11 dice, and whoever rolls all sixes becomes dictator for life. That would be fair, wouldn’t it? In the sense that everyone has an equal chance, it is fair. In fact it’s precisely, purely fair. Everyone in the country had exactly the same chance. You don’t get much more fair than that! However, you are still left with a nation ruled by a dictator.. Let that cook in your head for a minute. I’ll solve the riddle for you: Fairness has never been the issue here. Power imbalance is. We’re asking the wrong question. The correct question is, how can we make it so nobody has unwarranted power over anyone else? That’s true equality.