Does Where You're Born Matter More Than How Hard You Work?(www.decodeecon.com)

28 pointsby NomNew10 hours ago7 comments

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cicko36 minutes ago
Couldn't agree more. Growing up in a civil war certainly did not raise my chances of getting a job at a good company. Of which there are none, so it's fine.
ZeroGravitas15 minutes ago
All obviously true but for this audience you have to, sadly, address the Nazi mind view that is explicitly built to counter this.
The parents lived in the better location because they are better, purer Aryans. That's why the kid did better, because they have the good genes. They deserve their success. The poor deserve their poverty.
Zoom out to different countries and you can find top level members of the government making this argument on a daily basis. "They" are poor because they are inferior human beings and do not deserve to be treated as full human beings.
TheServitor8 minutes ago
Are you asking if the world is fair? No. No, it is not.
lombasihir2 hours ago
doesnt it also happen to star dust? they born at the same time, scattered, grow with time, then became different part of the universe.
- torlokan hour ago
  Yes, one stardust's inherited company gets bailed out by their dad's friend, the other loses their minimum wage job, slips on a sidewalk, and has their life ruined by medical debt. Ah, the wonders of the universe.
mannyv3 hours ago
It would be just as interesting to see how things have changed over the time - from the 1910s to now.
jdmoreira2 hours ago
Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not
- blell6 minutes ago
  Talent and intelligence are absolutely not evenly distributed. If they were, opportunity would be evenly distributed too.
- fittingopposite2 hours ago
  Mostly yes but not entirely. Undernutrition and disease can affect brain development, unfortunately.
- owenpalmeran hour ago
  > Talent is evenly distributed
  How so?