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What exactly is the rationale behind such an unfair concept? What's unfair about it?

• amichail 17y ago
  Think about it from the children's perspective. Why should their wealth be determined in part by something they had no control over?
  • rms 17y ago
    Because capitalism!
    • amichail 17y ago
      What I propose is a more selfish sort of capitalism.
      • rms 17y ago
        I know, I was being facetious. My point is that the system is ingrained and nearly impossible to change, even if many points of it seem bad or very bad when looked at individually.
  • gills 17y ago
    You're right. If someone is born with longer-than-average legs, they should be cut short and the excess given to someone born with shorter-than-average legs. That way, they will both have an equally horrible likelihood of becoming basketball superstars.
  • pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    It is. That is not what must be established. Why should a childs wealth (usually in the West it is an adults wealth) not be determined by the success of a past generation? You need a pretty convincing argument here to change this particular aspect of the status quo.
    • amichail 17y ago
      It is fundamentally unfair. Granted people are not born equal to begin with, but adding more unfairness to life isn't a good idea.
      • BrentRitterbeck 17y ago
        Haha! Life is not fair. It never has been. It never will be. I've stopped worrying about how fair life is, and I, instead, try to make sure I'm not the one getting screwed.
    • pbhjpbhj 17y ago
      And if I say (I'm just saying!) "it's not unfair". Have you a response to convince me?