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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by chapill on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:52PM (#16431883)
>Please, tell us all how you really feel about the poor.

The poor are naturally disadvantaged. That's an uncontroversial statement.

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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:54PM (#16431899)
> The poor are naturally disadvantaged. That's an uncontroversial statement.

“The poor are disadvantaged” is an uncontroversial statement; adding the “naturally” part in makes it far less uncontroversial.

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Re:Japanese 'Prince' Switched at Birth Was Raised a Pauper by chapill on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:06PM (#16431999)
Poor animals don't fare as well in nature either. Monkeys who have a fig tree will do better than the monkeys who are forced to scavenge. They will defend their tree, because they recognize the value of the resource. They will likely defend it successfully, because they are well fed.

Wealth is a positive feedback loop. There's really no controversy in that either. "The rich get richer"

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