Why make things balanced?
What service does the pile of shit in a suit provide that justifies equal weight of all those workers?
My guess is “not enough to deserve it”
Things aren’t balanced until we are all on level ground with each other. No fulcrums in sight.
You DO need both at first, but he’s absolutely right that ONLY providing food and nothing else isn’t helpful in the long term.
If you can’t grow your own food, then just getting enough to survive handed to you just gives you enough to survive until tomorrow.
Independence requires self-sufficiency, anything less helpful than that is public relations.