Wealth can be accumulated constructively, or by exploitation. Many political claims amount to pretending one or the other doesn't exist.
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@St_Rev Just because status hierarchy is heritable, doesn't mean status will be gained THE SAME WAY - wealth creation or rent seeking.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ Yeah. Exploitation is extremely hard to prevent, but constructive action easy to crush.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@i_contemplate_ Last ~50 years, US has set up a system that funnels the best & brightest toward rent-seeking. Explains a lot.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
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@i_contemplate_ eeeeyup. We overproduced physicists & mathematicians bc Sputnik, Wall Street scooped them up.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.