Fairness is good, but I think it is sometimes overrated. It is sometimes apparent in countries where conscription is active. Putting aside the obvious gender d

Fairness is good, but I think it is sometimes overrated. It is sometimes apparent in countries where conscription is active. Putting aside the obvious gender discrimination, conscription is possibly the fairest thing we get. But it also mean that we take people off jobs where they are good, productive, and enjoy themselves to make them do things they don't like and perform poorly. A highly visible and concrete example is for famous k-pop artists. You have young men doing an awesome (and hard!) job entertaining millions of people and bringing a lot of value to South Korea, but in the name of fairness, they have to stop doing that and do something where they are a poor fit for 1-2 years. Personally, I think it is a waste. The k-pop idol thing is an extreme case, but the idea is that if you are particularly good at something, that you enjoy doing it, and that thing brings value to society, why should you do something else? It is unfair because some people will enjoy themselves more than others, but nature is unfair anyways, some people get some genetic disease and their life is nothing but pain, should we torture healthy people in the name of fairness? There are ways of making society a bit more fair that doesn't involve making everyone more miserable, that's socialism, and it makes a bit more sense. The idea is that you are going to dig shit and someone else will live in luxury, but the state will take a bit of the "luxury" guy and give it to you, so you can afford the good meal without requiring the "luxury" guy to dig shit if the reason he lives in luxury is because his net contribution to society is particularly valuable. Most countries have some of that, even the US, but since it is real life, the idea may be simple, but the execution and details are far from it.