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Re:How Not to Explain Success by daveguy on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:26AM (#11799717)
The epitome of anecdotal evidence.
Re:How Not to Explain Success by tajen on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:23AM (#11799870)
I see your agenda: Reducing other people's arguments. The Godwin point applied to factual evidence. On the opposite: he's the proof that parent's wealth is not necessary, as opposed to the opinion of "disadvantage"-ers.

So many of my mid-to-highschool classmates mates had desite for, air quote, me "working all the time", end of air quote. Can't ignore that.

Re:How Not to Explain Success by aqme28 on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:43AM (#11799916)
No one is arguing that family wealth is "necessary" for financial success, just that it's a strong predictor of it.