It’s better to be born rich than gifted

Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Thriptic on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:43PM (#18210409)

I'm fully willing to admit that there may be functional cultures in the world which frown upon showing preference to friends or family at the expense of random people. I've yet to see any of them though.

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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by iguy on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:57PM (#18210457)

Well this is certainly one axis along which they vary.

There's a line between "is it OK to start a start-up with your dorm-mate?" and "is it OK to spend 5% of the nation's budget buying submarines through your brother-in-law's banana company?"

You have information about your dorm-mate, and you aren't acting on behalf of others. But if the same norms applied to CEOs and judges, we could not have our civilisation.

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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by mcguire on Saturday October 13, 2018 @09:33PM (#18210919)

"But if the same norms applied to CEOs and judges, we could not have our civilisation."

Those norms don't apply to CEOs and judges?

News to me.

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