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So is the fact that you have a home as a child. I don't see that your argument holds water. The fact that you live where you live is pure genetics as well. Why

So is the fact that you have a home as a child. I don't see that your argument holds water. The fact that you live where you live is pure genetics as well. Why don't you ship your money to starving ethiopians? If you're going to argue that, then you have to be willing to give up what you have too. If you're going to talk about the 1% in America, you have to talk about the USA as the 1%, because, let's face it -- if you live in the US, you've got a hell of a chance of being better off than most of the world.

SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
> Why don't you ship your money to starving ethiopians? We do, actually. http://www.voanews.com/content/ethiopia-is-top-uk-aid-recipient-117204413/157544.html http://www.voanews.com/content/ethiopia-is-top-uk-aid-recipi... Also, you posed a false dichotomy "Whether you got your money through savvy investing or hard work" and when you were called out on this by having other options for people's money sources pointed out, said that you "don't see" and changed the subject to something emotionally charged.
elemenohpee 14y ago
> So is the fact that you have a home as a child. Now you're getting it. Educational opportunities, nutrition, etc. It is exactly these institutional inequalities which lead to the un-meritocratic wealth distributions which are causing such instability.