Wow, good catch...
What is the virtue or reducing inequality or equalizing outcomes. Inherently, with such a goal, you’ll reward bad decisions and slothful behavior while punishing good decisions and diligent behavior.
There’s no way around that.
When dealing with the leftists in Big Media, I find that one should always look for the hidden assumptions and covert premises. They’re not content to control the “what, where, when, and how” of the national conversation but must control the “why” as well.