>The second part of this sentence is not obviously false to me. It's systemic racism and inequality. As long as we pretend everyone has equal opportunities, th

>The second part of this sentence is not obviously false to me. It's systemic racism and inequality. As long as we pretend everyone has equal opportunities, then we can make simple claims as you do. >For a 13 year old today, what is the equivalent of being a telegraph office boy The internet. Youtube. Udemy. MIT free courses. Of course the claims will be about only the most positively wistful jobs of a bygone era, but strangely not "For a 13 year old today, what is the equivalent of dying inside a chimney?" because these jobs are they chimney kind, not the paper-boy kind.