WuWei
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Not the same individuals, which means…
Platitudes aren’t enough.
Irrelevant moralizing. Change the environment, the distribution of choices shifts.
WuWei
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Perhaps. Probably not as much as you think.
That’s a load of BS. There is absolutely no evidence to support such a claim.
It takes but one generation to escape poverty if you make the right decisions in life.
Obesity is the biggest killer in the US, or as I like to call it, “Slow suicide by fork”.
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Simply proof that it can be done by anyone who makes the right choices in life.
Not so sure of that. I’ve seen highly successful people come from absolutely horrible parents.
Ultimately I sincerely believe it’s up to each individual to make the right decisions… Better parenting can certainly help but I’ve seen too many people come from horrible situations do very well in life to believe parenting is the biggest factor.
Are they raised in sealed containers lacking TV’s, Schools, Computers, or interactions with others who get this secret information?
Pure assumption not supportable by any actual fact.
Funny coming from someone who thinks drug dealing is a morally legitimate life choice.
That’s generally a direct result of the choices they make in life.
It’s not morally legitimate. I do believe that material conditions heavily influence people and make certain outcomes more likely than not, or vice versa.
That’s not how you portrayed it when you asked why anyone who could make thousands peddling poison that kills our youth vs taking a 10.00/hr job to feed their family.
Yes, it’s a valid question, answered by the current state in these dangerous areas of the country. Unique conditions produce a set of outcomes that are more likely there for a person (plural) than other areas.
One in which you support them as morally equivalent giving the advantage to the drug dealer.
That’s fine. We can shelve it alongside economics and sociology.
Smyrna
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…generations of poor choices that result in the spectrum of poverty is more accurate IMHO.
