Sure, before I was derailed by education, my point was that society is not meritocratic. So we're now agreeing. We don't know if genetics is an effect here bec

Sure, before I was derailed by education, my point was that society is not meritocratic. So we're now agreeing. We don't know if genetics is an effect here because we can't eliminate background wealth - even twin studies are broken because twins get adopted into similar environments. But, the suggestion from twin studies is that income is primarily environmental, i.e. not genetic. Here's a fresh reference: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141106113202.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141106113202.ht... I suggest that it's fashionable to say social inequality is down to genetics - it certainly happens a lot in these forums and it comes up especially when people would rather pass the buck for difficult social problems.