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I'm guessing you're talking about Jeff bezos and Haitian immigration off the boat with the same amount of money (ie starting from zero)? I guess language barrie
by bko 4y ago
I'm guessing you're talking about Jeff bezos and Haitian immigration off the boat with the same amount of money (ie starting from zero)? I guess language barrier would be a blocker. Bezos is probably above average intelligence too. But i don't think it's a sure thing and i think your reasoning is dark. It removes the autonomy of immigrants and makes them out to be just helpless hopeless victims, which is de humanizing
- nostrademons 4y agoNo, I'm not assuming they start with the same amount of money. I'm assuming Bezos starts with $200B or whatever his net worth is now. And that's my point - merely having that money is privilege. If you start Bezos and the Haitian immigrant off at zeros, Bezos may have some other advantages (and here's where intersectionality comes in and we can talk about all the other forms of privilege), but most people would agree that Bezos-the-pauper has nowhere near the same opportunities as Bezos-the-billionaire, and would be significantly closer to the Haitian pauper in likely outcomes.