Are you telling me that you have bought into the narrative that everybody who is successful is so because they were born into it? — synthesis
This isn't 18th and 19th century Europe. — synthesis
That stopped in the 20th century, did it? Did women know this? That's half the population. Ethnic minorities? Homosexuals? What about people just born poor who didn't have the option of Harvard or Oxford? — Kenosha Kid
That's over with. This is 2021 and you need to move on. — synthesis
Three people believed to have been stranded on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas for 33 days have been rescued, the US Coast Guard says.
"Unfortunately we didn't have any fluent Spanish speakers but in my broken Spanish I was able to discern that they were from Cuba and....
...only fled the workers paradise because equality is such a good basis for an economic system, they had become overwhelmed with happiness!
Ya think? — counterpunch
Born poor does not equate to useless. If you want something bad enough you find a way to get it. Being born poor means you likely have to work harder to get it, that's all. Harvard, Oxford, or whatever school is not out of reach, although the time frame to get there maybe longer.What about people just born poor who didn't have the option of Harvard or Oxford? — Kenosha Kid
idiots tend to deal in extremes, in either/or. — Kenosha Kid
Equality does not work as a political ideal — counterpunch
I think this is why conservativism is always on the wrong side of history. — Kenosha Kid
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