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Re:New data show that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly he... by peteretep on Friday February 03, 2017 @10:25PM (#13565478)
Investing in your children so they will be successful feels like a net win for society in a way that simply giving them assets does not.
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Re:New data show that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly he... by shados on Saturday February 04, 2017 @12:41AM (#13565816)
Yes. But it does not change the final result: lineage has a huge influence on financial success.

There's pros and cons on the various ways they can happen, but it does not change the fact that the kid of several generations of successful/influencial/rich/whatever people will do better for themselves on average than someone fleeing a poor country who just came in this one.

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Re:New data show that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly he... by peteretep on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:39AM (#13565954)
While that certainly sounds true (even to me), I wonder if there's evidence that supports that.
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