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mlindroo@news.abo.fi (Marcus Lindroos INF) 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.









RRRRRRRRRRR. . . .



Methinks I doth hear the sound
of a Can of Worms being opened. . .



Bruce Lewis
Studio Go! Multimedia
Los Angeles
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