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But the article states at the bottom that "the USA fairs very poorly when compared to European countries". And the Guardian showed the USA does worse than most

• gyardley 16y ago
  Isn't it interesting that 'worse' and 'very poorly' imply a negative value judgement? We seem to (well, at least I seem to) instinctively dislike the child of privilege, but at the same time I'm very interested in passing on whatever success I manage to have in life to my descendants, and systems and societies that make it more difficult for me to do so strike me as completely unfair. There's a bit of a contradiction here.
  • arethuza 16y ago
    Indeed, I've become a hypocrite myself - I used to abhor private education when I was younger (although I didn't actually have any contact with anyone who had been privately educated when I was at school). Now that I can afford it and the benefits are obvious I send my son to private school where you do get an "unfair" advantage.
  • adin 16y ago
    I personally draw the line where ones success becomes dependent on the misfortune of others. From that viewpoint I don't really know of any systems or societies that does this, except maybe estate/inheritance taxes.