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Originally posted by TheSmutPeddlerDOTcom
While for the most part I agree with you on the genetics stance, I don't agree 100%. I think that anyone, regardless of their background, can do pretty much anything they want. I know of people who came from extremely wealthy and privelaged families and ended up in prison or on the streets or whatever, and I know of people who came from nothing, with all odds stacked against them, who made millions of dollars and are real success stories. 
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Then you're arguing for environmental and memetic pressure rather then genetic predisposition. My wife's mother is a good example. Her mom was just born mean. She's been a bitch her entire life, but her grandmother wasn't a bitch and tried her best to provide a good home. There was nothing her grandmother could have done to make her mother a nicer person.
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