Re:Is Inequality Inevitable?
by lucideer on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @02:33PM
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(not op but) parents supported me through a high quality education, in the safe wealthy western country they brought me into, helped me to develop social skills, and provided a stable upbringing which—all combined—gave me the confidence, comfort and skills to navigate the labour market, secure a well-paying job, and eventually use my wages to purchase this computer.
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Sound like you got there exactly by the method described above.
Re:Is Inequality Inevitable?
by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @02:55PM
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Um, but the point is that most of that is stuff he had no control over. The Econ 101 fantasy of "work hard, get ahead" doesn't apply if being a straight white male born into a middle class western family means you're starting 80% of the way to the finish line.
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Would you please stop posting in the flamewar style to HN, and stop using HN for ideological battle? Those are things we're trying to avoid here and you've unfortunately been doing them repeatedly.
Re:Is Inequality Inevitable?
by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:35PM
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A combination of hard work and good luck. But of course, it was a lot harder to inherit massive wealth in those days. :)
Re:Is Inequality Inevitable?
by jodrellblank on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @05:15PM
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I can suggest that fishermen don’t get ahead through working harder, but more through being near a livelier bigger body of water with plants more suitable for fashioning into fishing lines.
Hunter gatherers - by being the son of the chief and getting chosen for the most instruction and preferable kills? By not having raids of people stealing everything you gather? By hoarding a secret fund of very desirable plants which they guard jealously to retain status? By being more attractive?