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Originally Posted by Sliver
That is quite the premise from which to start, though. I don't remember a lot from my Sociology courses, but I seem to recall the biggest predictor of future socio-economic status is the socio-economic status of your parents. Where you end up is pretty much where you start, in general.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find any research anywhere in the world that would support your claim the the world is "on the whole" a meritocracy.
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The suspect in question, Edwards, doesn't fit your premise...
https://www.horatioalger.ca/en/haa_m...urray-edwards/
Pioneering grandparents, school teacher and accountant parents, three siblings, scholarships, loans and summer jobs to pay for university, tops grades, good job as a lawyer and then the thing that sets him apart....instead of buying a wicked car with his first 100k, he invested in things that could have landed him immediately back to square one.
Any questions?