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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by gowld on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:39PM (#16495414)
> "sort" themselves into the spots allowed by their genetics

There's an extreme amount of assumption baked into that.

1. Genetics is the only factor that determines merit for wealth?

2. Genetics merits extreme differences in income/wealth?

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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by praha14 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:23PM (#16495878)
1. No of course not, but if it's a factor at all we'd expect to see the pattern I described.

2. We're talking about social mobility, not the level of inequality.

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