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vincent pribish (vpribish@sparc3.aero.nd.edu) wrote:
: Marcus Lindroos INF (mlindroo@news.abo.fi) wrote:
: : Why should wealth and political power go hand in hand? Maybe Person
: : B isn't brighter/more hard-working/more successful/"Better" than 
: : Person A ... he merely happens to have a rich dad who can afford to send him 
: : to the best schools (Yale, Oxbridge or wherever) etc.. Whereas Person A might
: : have been raised in the inner cities, by parents who never could afford to
: : send him to college. Thus, Person B gets unfair _inherited_ opportunities 
: : Person A never gets...unless you introduce scholarships and similar things
: : to help gifted, underprivileged people.
: : ---
: : IMHO, this is why some redistribution of wealth and "one man-one vote" are 
: : essential if democracy is to survive. Uncontrolled capitalism leads to
: : a divided society where wealth and poverty are inherited, not necessarily
: : because "good" people become richer while "bad" people fare less well.
: : -- 
: : MARCU$

: foolish people tend to lose their money no matter how they start off.

Perhaps, but a) I bet they have a hell of a good time losing it, and
b) you start the average person off with a lot of money and I bet they
do a hell of a lot better than if they were born in some inner city
slum with none....

: wise people can make money no matter how they start off
:
: wisdom can't be taught
:
: I`d wager (wisely i think) that there is some correlation between
: smarts and dollars.

and I'd wager there is some correlation between dollars and smarts too...

that kind of reasoning goes both ways...

Larry Edwards