There is something profoundly troubling about the modern obsession with “equity”, especially when it comes to areas as critical and complex as healthcare. The term itself, equity, suggests a noble endeavor—ensuring everyone has an equal chance at life’s essential services, leveling the playing field for all. But here’s the uncomfortable truth that gets glossed over: why should we? Why should we ensure “equitable” access to anything? And, more importantly, who decides what “equity” really means?

Let’s begin with healthcare. Why should I—or anyone else—be forced to pay into a healthcare fund for people I have no connection to, whose lifestyle choices, values, and goals may not only be different from my own but may actively detract from my well-being? Equitable healthcare assumes we all share a collective responsibility for each other, but ask yourself this: do we? Do we, as a society, actually agree on the same goals, values, or even what healthcare should entail? Of course not. If people don’t share a common vision for what their contributions to society should achieve, then forced participation in such a system becomes not an act of shared responsibility, but an imposition.

There’s an implicit, moralizing argument in equity: that everyone must have the same outcome, regardless of effort, regardless of personal responsibility, regardless of whether they contribute positively or negatively to society. This is absurd. In a system where equity is the goal, you are not simply helping those who are disadvantaged through no fault of their own. You are also subsidizing those who have made choices that actively hinder their own health—those who have disregarded personal responsibility because they know the system will bail them out. Why is this just? Why is this fair?

The premise behind equity also assumes that people inherently want to help others in a collective system, but this is only true when there is mutual benefit and shared values. Historically, societies that thrived on cooperation did so because the people within them had common goals—shared visions of the future. But in today’s world, where the idea of shared values is practically taboo, you’re forcing individuals to sacrifice their own well-being for a nebulous group of strangers. That is not justice. That is coercion.

And what happens when the system that enforces equity inevitably overreaches? When people are made to pay into a system that they neither trust nor benefit from? The entire project collapses under its own weight. People stop feeling any obligation to participate, not because they are selfish or heartless, but because they recognize that they are being exploited. The people who work hard, who make sacrifices, who take care of themselves are punished, while those who expect handouts at every turn are rewarded. That’s not equity. That’s a moral failure.

Before we continue to champion this buzzword “equity” as though it’s some unimpeachable moral good, we need to ask whether forcing people to contribute to systems that may well damage their own lives is truly ethical. Equity doesn’t level the playing field—it drags everyone down to the lowest common denominator. It punishes success and responsibility in favor of a one-size-fits-all mediocrity.

In the end, equity—when stripped of its fashionable façade—amounts to nothing more than a tyranny of the majority masquerading as moral virtue. It is, at its core, a demand based on bald entitlement, driven not by fairness or justice, but by the most base, simplistic impulse: If you have it, I should have it. And when we press these claims, when we really ask why such a redistribution of resources, wealth, or opportunity is justified, what do we get in return? A shrug, a demand, and a sense of righteous indignation. The rationale boils down to: because I want it.

Think about it. There’s no deeper justification than that. No carefully reasoned argument, no genuine appeal to shared humanity or values. Just an insistence that your success is somehow an insult to those who haven’t achieved it. It’s the mob demanding what it feels entitled to. And why? Because they really, really want it? Because the collective desire of some individuals is supposed to outweigh the earned success of others? Let’s be clear—this isn’t social justice. It’s robbery with better PR.

And then, as if that weren’t enough, we’re asked to endure the endless parade of weepy, fictional narratives about ancient wrongs, about how 10,000 years ago someone’s ancestors suffered, and now you—today, living your life, minding your own business—are somehow responsible. Forgive me, but what does that have to do with me? The idea that we should be perpetually atoning for the crimes of long-dead strangers is not just ludicrous, it’s dangerous. It turns the past into a weapon to wield against the present, to justify claims of eternal grievance and victimhood.

The reality is, everyone is the hero of their own story. And every individual has hardships, struggles, and injustices to overcome. But to suggest that anyone who has achieved something in their life, anyone who has worked hard to build their success, must now be forced to relinquish that because of some abstract debt they owe to society? That’s nothing short of tyranny. It’s a war on individual merit. It’s a war on responsibility, on achievement, and ultimately, on human dignity itself.

Equity, when pushed to its logical conclusion, is simply mob rule. It’s a system that crushes individuality, devalues hard work, and punishes success. It’s based on an ideology that says no one should have more than anyone else, not because they’ve earned it, but because it’s politically inconvenient for them to stand out. It’s the herd demanding conformity under the guise of fairness.

So, let’s stop pretending this is about justice or progress. It’s about envy, entitlement, and the dangerous belief that the world owes you something simply for existing. If you want what someone else has, earn it. If you want to change your circumstances, work for it. But spare us the sanctimony, the victimhood narratives, and the endless calls for “equity.” Because at the heart of it, equity is just another word for taking by force what has not been earned. And that’s not just wrong—it’s civilizational suicide.