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  @VulcanMan6  from Kansas commented…8mos8MO

Well yea, because you only inherit money after a family member dies, but that doesn't mean that people born to wealthy families don't also "inhereit" other important resources like quality stable housing, food security, well-funded education and community resources, healthcare, affluent connections, and the other privileges one receives from being born into wealth that others do not have. The privileges and "inheritance" of wealth come in a plethora of other factors and means besides just a lump-sum of money from your parents or whatever.

Additionally, there is no such thing as "self-made". Everything you or I or anyone has ever achieved was built off the backs of those that came before us, and who provided the things we needed and benefited from in society along the way. Without the working class labor of every construction worker who built your roads and homes and infrastructure, or the teachers who provided you your education, or the healthcare workers who provided for you even while you were still in your mother's womb...you would have nothingRead more

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