> Do you honestly believe this? What would you tell this to someone who wasn't born into wealth or opportunity? I can take a guess. Notice GP's emphasis on sta

> Do you honestly believe this? What would you tell this to someone who wasn't born into wealth or opportunity? I can take a guess. Notice GP's emphasis on starting conditions without an explanation of where those starting conditions come from. If personal effort is fruitless (an "illusion," as GP puts it), then they must originate with something else. In this ideology that's usually thought to be exploitation, one group oppressing another and getting rich off their labor. It's popular in part because it's partly true; stealing is certainly one way to get rich. But so is building. It doesn't have to be zero sum. Unfortunately it's easy to believe that it is because it excuses mediocrity. It's harder to believe that every choice matters because it entails more suffering in the short term.