Does Where You're Born Matter More Than How Hard You Work?

(decodeecon.com)

28 points | by NomNew 10 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • TheServitor 2 minutes ago

    Are you asking if the world is fair? No. No, it is not.

  • cicko 29 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.

  • ZeroGravitas 9 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.

  • lombasihir 2 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.

    • torlok 44 minutes 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.

  • mannyv 3 hours ago

    It would be just as interesting to see how things have changed over the time - from the 1910s to now.

  • jdmoreira 2 hours ago

    Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not

    • fittingopposite an hour ago

      Mostly yes but not entirely. Undernutrition and disease can affect brain development, unfortunately.

    • owenpalmer an hour ago

      > Talent is evenly distributed

      How so?