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Originally Posted by michael.kickass
The system favors inheritance and privilege. If you are born in a rich family, you will be rich. If you're not, you might become rich, but chances are pretty damn good you will not. (Especially if you're born in places like Africa) Wealth has a lot more to do with luck than it does with choice.
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The middle class is getting monster fucked in this country by a variety of big dick tentacles. Obviously the Internet, robotics, outsourcing and all that. Plus the fact that inheritance used to be for more than just the super rich. Getting tricky now that everyone lives to be 80 or 90 years old and fucking retires at 55. Grandma burns up all her savings on extreme measures medical care, her children and grandchildren get nothing.
Longer lifespans are great. But they have big consequences. Used to be dad would run the hardware store until he was 50, then have a nice heart attack and let his 30 year old son become manager. Then dad's second heart attack at 60 would kill him and the son became owner of the store. Rinse and repeat.