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>The only alternative is to recognize the people who start at a disadvantage and offer them compensation for that. I don't know exactly what you mean there. Do
by gameswithgo 8y ago
>The only alternative is to recognize the people who start at a disadvantage and offer them compensation for that.
I don't know exactly what you mean there. Do you mean - let the kid develop sub-optimally and then when they grow up, give them a job even though they are less qualified?
Because that is an idiotic alternative. Much better to do our best to get kids as close to equality of chance as possible by providing everyone with a high quality education and health care.
- professorgerm 8y agoLikely they mean good ole original Marxism. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx.
- Iv 8y agoNo I mean that kids will be advantaged or disadvantaged because of the environment they grow in. We should identify people who are having a big handicap because of their environment and give them tools that others don't necessarily have to get over it. If you are born out of two drug-addict parents, even if you are given the same education tools as some from middle-class parents, you will likely perform less well. It is not a breach of equality to offer special classes to such kids.