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> "inheriting money is a way avoid being a high performer", which happens to be true By what metric? Or do you mean "a way to avoid having to be a high perform
by taneq 6y ago
> "inheriting money is a way avoid being a high performer", which happens to be true
By what metric? Or do you mean "a way to avoid having to be a high performer in order to achieve good results"? Isn't the whole beef with wealth inequality that given otherwise equal luck and faculties, a person who starts with more capital will gain more capital?
- cdogl 6y agoThe two aren’t mutually exclusive. The children of the very wealthy often (usually?) share their parents’ economic advantage, thus perpetuating the inequality that originated due to economic factors. But that doesn’t mean they’re driven or that they’ll develop the same qualities that drove their parents to be successful.
- taneq 6y agoWell yeah, that's why I asked.
- andrepd 6y ago> But that doesn’t mean they’re driven or that they’ll develop the same qualities that drove their parents to be successful. That's the point: a leasurely trust-fund baby will likely be more "successful" than a hardworking and "driven" poor person.