Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l...
by jfrunyon on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:23AM
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Why does the millionaire's kid deserve a better shot at success than the plumber's kid?
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l...
by chasebank on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:15AM
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He doesn't. Nobody deserves anything.
Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l...
by bitexploder on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:39AM
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Depends on the word games being played. We don't deserve anything, but being born as thinking humans we have certain inalienable rights. They aren't "deserved", they just are.
Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l...
by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:25AM
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If the plumber's kid not successful if he goes to school, gets a white collar job and generally lives better than his parents?
Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:30AM
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I think the point of the question is, that we as a society try to sell the plumber's kid on the idea that everyone gets where they are through hard work and therefore deserves what they have. But the millionaire's kid can coast into a life that the plumber's kid could likely only achieve by incredible luck combined with hard work. In light of that, the idea of the millionaire's kid deserving what they have is called into question.