Fair

The world operates on the same strategies as it always has because human nature does not change. We are short sighted and many who can take advantage of situations will do so. Therefore the idea that we can apply altruistic principles to solve the problems of the world are said to be idealistic and naive. This is why there will always be a ruling class and serfs who toil for them.

In a more fair minded world we would try to help people get basics to survive without stiffling innovation or initiative but we somehow prefer that excess dictate the way we operate. So we permit extreme wealth and poverty to exist and that they be periodically upset through wars and revolutions as a counter. That this is short sighted speaks less to a reasonable strategy than to flaws inherent in our natures.

PT Barnum understood that you could always fool a certain segment of the population and with this knowledge we can take from them more than our fair share.

He wasn't wrong.