The vast majority of opportunities are outcomes. Leftists want the state to sever the connection between parents and children so that the state can become the sole authority and source for morality, culture, tradition, etc.
A child born to rich parents didn’t “win the birth lottery”. That child was a deliberate product of an advantageous situation, and that situation was created or sustained by his or her parents (or even ancestors) through labor.
Imagine two sets of parents. The first set doggedly pursue wealth and end up in a position where their children have access to the best schools and jobs. The second set of parents are financially irresponsible, spending on useless goods and leisure, ending up in a position where their children have very little access to schools or jobs.
Why should government forcefully pave over the disparities between these two families when those disparities were earned? If the state is going to pick up any and all slack, why should parents behave responsibly? What does society look like when the government actively disincentivizes good behavior?
Now consider studies of spending habits of household by race. Repeatedly, we learn that black households spend frivolously on low ROI goods like jewelry, cars/trucks, and apparel - to a degree that dwarfs the similar spending of other races. This behavior is wildly dysgenic, and yet the inevitable consequences are made out to be the fault of white peoples. Why?
You are preaching to the choir. Blaming white people is easier than examining your own faults. But that is a basic rule of life. It is always easier to blame others for your problems. My parents constantly told me about saving and investing growing up but I didn’t start taking that seriously til my late 30s when I had lots of credi debt. Whose fault is that? Mine. Hopefully I’ll be debt free within 5 years but if I had listened I wouldn’t be in this boat.
The vast majority of opportunities are outcomes. Leftists want the state to sever the connection between parents and children so that the state can become the sole authority and source for morality, culture, tradition, etc.
A child born to rich parents didn’t “win the birth lottery”. That child was a deliberate product of an advantageous situation, and that situation was created or sustained by his or her parents (or even ancestors) through labor.
Imagine two sets of parents. The first set doggedly pursue wealth and end up in a position where their children have access to the best schools and jobs. The second set of parents are financially irresponsible, spending on useless goods and leisure, ending up in a position where their children have very little access to schools or jobs.
Why should government forcefully pave over the disparities between these two families when those disparities were earned? If the state is going to pick up any and all slack, why should parents behave responsibly? What does society look like when the government actively disincentivizes good behavior?
Now consider studies of spending habits of household by race. Repeatedly, we learn that black households spend frivolously on low ROI goods like jewelry, cars/trucks, and apparel - to a degree that dwarfs the similar spending of other races. This behavior is wildly dysgenic, and yet the inevitable consequences are made out to be the fault of white peoples. Why?
You are preaching to the choir. Blaming white people is easier than examining your own faults. But that is a basic rule of life. It is always easier to blame others for your problems. My parents constantly told me about saving and investing growing up but I didn’t start taking that seriously til my late 30s when I had lots of credi debt. Whose fault is that? Mine. Hopefully I’ll be debt free within 5 years but if I had listened I wouldn’t be in this boat.