(March 11, 2016 at 3:29 pm)abaris Wrote:(March 11, 2016 at 2:36 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Lot's of people are just born with advantages when it comes to value, the majority of actors and actresses who just happen to be born with good looks for example, people are free to choose who they want to see on television and it seems that most people like to see good looking people on TV and film which gives good looking people more value in that marketplace in general.
The times when only good looking people could hope for being a successful actor/actress are over for a few decades by now. It has more to do with chance and coincidence. If only good looking people made it, Steve Buschemi wouldn't be a star and half the cast of Game of Thrones wouldn't keep their contracts.
There was never a time when only good looking people could hope to be a successful in acting. Again that wasn't the point I'm making anyway. I was saying that people are born with attributes that subtract or add to their value all the time, Bill Gates isn't exceptional in that way. The reason why these people have value is because of the freedom of choice other people have, being good looking is often an advantage when it comes to getting on TV, yes that's not the only way to get on TV, people can invest time in learning acting or be naturally gifted in acting or in being funny, whatever it is, it boils down to, it's people choosing what they want to see on TV what they want is what adds or subtracts value in the acting market place. Putting everyone on an even level of value, as Kitan was suggesting, is taking away the freedom of people to choose what they think is more or less valuble. It's either that or your going to allow people choose and distribute the money to what they put value in and then you steal off the people who have more and give it to those who have less.
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