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A comment on Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers. Parent comment

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by analyst74 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @02:23PM (#9578160)
large scale inequality is the symptom of lack of social mobility. If poor people are able to work hard and become rich, there wouldn't be such large difference in wealth.

Inequality starts from inequality of opportunities.

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by crpatino on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @04:26PM (#9579052)
I think it was Warren Buffet who said something along the lines of: if we handled the Olympics the way we handle wealth, we would be looking for the grandchildren of medal winners in the 50's and 60's and sending them to compete today.
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