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Re:Lost Diamonds: How our current system is failing underpri... by gutnor on Friday September 30, 2016 @07:59AM (#12611915)
If you are born in the Western World, it is like starting a marathon 5 km away from the finish line and still be in the same race than the one starting at the beginning.

When you start thinking everything you get for free, even just in a lower middle western family, compared to someone born in a war torn village in Africa, the concept of "self-made" becomes really meaningless.

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Re:Lost Diamonds: How our current system is failing underpri... by WalterBright on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:49PM (#12614427)
That's why a stable government that protects life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is necessary. The opportunity flows from that.
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