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0 pointsfierarul5y ago0 comments

Would you want to live in a society where a parent would definitely not pay for better education? What kind of people would those be!?

0 pointsfierarul5y ago0 comments

Would you want to live in a society where a parent would definitely not pay for better education? What kind of people would those be!?

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ck4255y ago· 3 in thread

I'd prefer a situation where everyone automatically paid for university fees via a graduate tax and no one has the option to pay outright.

fierarulOP5y ago

This just moves the goalpost. Parents will pay for something that improves the odds of their children. Should a society where that just does not exist or is allowed be preferable? I think nobody wants that.

ck4255y ago

Perfectly equality isn't possible but we should make it so any child can reach the height of socio-economic success. To do that we occasionally need to tear down the advantages others have such as in this case.

fierarulOP5y ago

What does the height of socio-economic success bring you if you can't even help in any way your immediate family?

If success means just the ability to buy stuff, the richest person gets the same iPhone, so why bother striving for more?

Perfect equality means total inhumanity and the destruction of family.

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ck4255y ago· 3 in thread

I'd prefer a situation where everyone automatically paid for university fees via a graduate tax and no one has the option to pay outright.

fierarulOP5y ago

ck4255y ago

fierarulOP5y ago

What does the height of socio-economic success bring you if you can't even help in any way your immediate family?

If success means just the ability to buy stuff, the richest person gets the same iPhone, so why bother striving for more?

Perfect equality means total inhumanity and the destruction of family.

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