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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Traditionally a birthright determined your station in life and what standard of living you and your future children would enjoy. It was very difficult to move up from whatever station your birth placed you in. Wealth was passed down through inheritance rather than earned. Short life spans made producing a male heir and seeing that the family inheritance was passed down uncorrupted as one of the most important duties a man had to his family. An unfaithful wife put everything in doubt. Her betrayal wasn't just against you but, against your whole clan.
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Several people have their parents able pay for their down payment on a house so they can enter the market immediately. Some parents pay for a kids post secondary schooling, allowing people to have a good financial position after school.
Those are just a couple of examples, but they show that wealth is still passed down and not earned in cases. It just might not be as obvious now.