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No, of course life is not fair. But in the limited time we have, we can either discuss how to make the world more fair, or succeed despite unfairness. Each dis
by chmod600 6y ago
No, of course life is not fair. But in the limited time we have, we can either discuss how to make the world more fair, or succeed despite unfairness.
Each discussion has its place. We shouldn't derail every success story with comments about how "privileged" someone is for having an aunt.
- baby 6y agoI disagree, because people often focus on success story to argue that we don’t need to improve the situation, the market will figure out itself, and that’s what we’re seeing at play.
- chmod600 6y agoThe opposite problem can also happen, where people focus on unfairness instead of taking advantage of the opportunities that they have. That probably causes more actual harm. It depends on the situation, of course. Slavery was so oppressive that it needed to be abolished before any other progress could happen. But that's just not the situation today -- lots of progress can happen without policy changes. I know that policy makers (or politically-obsessed people) like to believe that policy is everything, but it's really not. Policy is important but it's just one piece of a complex social system.
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