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Swami's avatar

"not everyone accepts that inequality is ipso facto bad."

Does anybody actually believe that inequality of outcome is "ipso facto bad" ? If so, what is the argument? I can easily understand arguments for equality of treatment (impartial rules), but who actually believes people should have equal outcomes when they obviously have wildly differing goals and capabilities?

For example most poor people in the US come from single parent households, and many of their (mostly) moms don’t even work. Why would anyone expect them to make as much as double income full time workers? I know you aren’t suggesting we force these moms to marry and work full time.

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Kaleberg's avatar

Don't ignore the GI Bill after World War II. A huge number of bright poor kids were able to get college educations and become part of the educated work force. It may have been racially and sexually unbalanced, but it demonstrated that the US was not developing its available talent.

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