Re:Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad...
by eschaton on Sunday July 02, 2023 @07:40PM
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There’s a gulf of difference between “helping family and friends” and, say, allowing legacy admissions at the universities that feed the majority of the highest status jobs in our society, or even allowing public schools to falter (much less *be intentionally sabotaged*) because some people can afford a private education for their children.
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Re:Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad...
by doctor_eval on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:05PM
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I completely agree with you. I am absolutely not arguing against policies intended to level the playing field - quite the opposite, I think that everyone should be allowed the opportunity to thrive regardless of age, identity, class, health, or anything else.
My point is that the desire to “tilt the scales for their kids and their social class” seems innate, and any mechanism that we create to improve equality needs to take this into account at a fundamental level, or it will either be rejected or compromised.