Since current systems do not provide anything resembling equality of opportunity and fairness a lot of the narrative is made up and propaganda. We must recognize the system for what it is and not what it claims to be.
Children brought up in less privileged environments cannot compete with those born in privilege. Cherry picking exceptions by those in privilege to make a point is extraordinarily exploitative and self serving.
Because exceptions usually cannot see any truth beyond their exceptionalism as a core value their narrative is often self-grandiose and are ripe picking for entrenched interests to pass off exception as rule.
Just like blacks who did not have rights till 1965 and land and thus no opportunity to truly build generations of wealth cannot be expected to compete with their white counterparts who have had generations of wealth creating background. If you then claim wealth is not important for equal outcomes then the logical response is let's take it away.
The ones lecturing loudest about equality are those who start a 100m race at 90m. For the privileged the world always seems fair. And others simply do not recognize all the things that had to come together to get them where they are.
The elephant in the room is inheritance. And I am certain all the loud uncompromising advocates for the 'best should win' would not mind a systemic reset for children every generation so the truly best ones can shine irrespective of background, but of course not. We have never seen any initiative to make this so. This is the nod nod wink wink part of capitalism. We all allow and gloss over these cracks in our worldview.
Children brought up in less privileged environments cannot compete with those born in privilege. Cherry picking exceptions by those in privilege to make a point is extraordinarily exploitative and self serving.
Because exceptions usually cannot see any truth beyond their exceptionalism as a core value their narrative is often self-grandiose and are ripe picking for entrenched interests to pass off exception as rule.
Just like blacks who did not have rights till 1965 and land and thus no opportunity to truly build generations of wealth cannot be expected to compete with their white counterparts who have had generations of wealth creating background. If you then claim wealth is not important for equal outcomes then the logical response is let's take it away.
The ones lecturing loudest about equality are those who start a 100m race at 90m. For the privileged the world always seems fair. And others simply do not recognize all the things that had to come together to get them where they are.
The elephant in the room is inheritance. And I am certain all the loud uncompromising advocates for the 'best should win' would not mind a systemic reset for children every generation so the truly best ones can shine irrespective of background, but of course not. We have never seen any initiative to make this so. This is the nod nod wink wink part of capitalism. We all allow and gloss over these cracks in our worldview.