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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by Zababa on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:00AM (#27515643)
> In a fair society, with equality of opportunity, it should be equally likely for a child born in a trailer park to become high income earner as it is for Bill Gate's child.

I don't agree with this. You are measuring equality of outcomes, not of opportunities. They are different.

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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by simiones on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:56AM (#27516408)
No, I said equality of opportunity: both Bill Gates' child and the child born in the trailer park should, at birth, have the same chance to become extremely rich or extremely poor. That would mean that they have the same opportunities.

If you believe in a strong genetic component, than you can complicate the formula a bit.

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