If you believe that the unit of life is the gene and not the individual, then rich children are deserving of their privilege. Their genes, in their previous in

If you believe that the unit of life is the gene and not the individual, then rich children are deserving of their privilege. Their genes, in their previous incarnations, were able not only to survive (through the survival and reproduction of their ancestors) but also to accumulate, preserve, and pass down wealth. Money and social status is the only form of evolution that's left in a society where (almost) everyone is capable of surviving and reproducing.