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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by itsjustme2 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:56PM (#16431417)
You may be stuck, but in many such societies you can do things to give your children a chance to get unstuck.
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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:04PM (#16431483)
A society in which you're stuck by virtue of your parent's choices doesn't seem like a meritocracy at all. Why not just call it a "low mobility aristocracy" or a "bounded caste system" or something of the like?
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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by itsjustme2 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:10PM (#16431528)
because in an aristocracy or caste system you're truly stuck and your descendants are as well. Not so in the society we live in.
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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by k__ on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:44PM (#16431820)
But it shouldn't be that way. You shouldn't be stuck in the first place.
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