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It is a harmful belief to hold when it affects policies that keeps underprivileged people that way.

• s73ver_ 9y ago
  Right, it makes absolutely no sense to believe in it now, when it clearly does not exist. But I don't think it's a bad thing to work toward, and actual just world.
  • KozmoNau7 9y ago
    No, of course not. An actual, genuinely real just world would be amazing. But that would also include eliminating luck or random chance, which just ain't happening.
    • s73ver_ 9y ago
      Not eliminating. Just recognizing it more.
• liberte82 9y ago
  We're in that weird in-between period where the land of equal opportunity is quickly slipping away, but people still believe it exists. It's no different from a caste system or any other class system that justifies our lot in life as deserved. It just has its own uniquely American flavor to it that is based on America's own fundamentalist religion (individuality and the belief in equal opportunity for all). The fundamentalist belief that America "is fair to all" can't be broken, so we develop rationalizations to bridge the gap between expectations and reality.