What is earned vs what is given. Equity must be earned. The intangibles in life are meant to be earned through life’s deeds. Respect should be given and earned. Equity can never be given for without earning it, it will never be appreciated.
Opportunity can be given and what someone gains through opportunities can lead to equity. In humans the goal is never really equity for those believing they can give equity are themselves never really wanting equals only power. In providing the illusion of equity gives them this power.
Earning equity and respect enrich the intangibles that fulfill human needs. Those attributes of being human that complete the human soul and make it happy. Those things when given only leave the soul wishing it had earned them. Man can give things and those things might make life easier to survive, but they don’t provide the soul with true happiness only sustenance.
Humankind should strive to earn equity. For in the effort itself provides the soul that very fulfillment needed to achieve respect and equity. Only through one’s own effort can the soul find the contentment that equity provides.