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The wolves

In Reply to: wealth creators and their kids posted by Gee on March 17, 1999 at 18:06:22:

: I do hate it when a rich kid sneers at the poor and gets jobs via connections. I *dont* hate it when a rich kid gets a better education , uses it and takes responsibility for his own life - even if that means that I (starting lowly) cant keep up without additional effort. I cannot hate such a person like I cannot hate Donovan bailey being born with good running genetics. His birth advantages are not his 'fault' or 'reward', and my *relative* disadvantes are not his fault either. I owe him nothing, he owes me nothing.

I agree that no one owes anyone else. I don't feel people with superior ability should be punished; similarly, I don't feel people who weren't born with superior talents and abilities should be punished by lack of opportunity and poverty. I think we should find the strengths and interests of each individual, cultivate it, and then find some way to fit them into the social framework rather than just "throwing everyone to the wolves."

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