(January 26, 2018 at 1:18 pm)alpha male Wrote:(January 26, 2018 at 1:07 pm)Whateverist Wrote: That's the funny I was talking about. No, of course not. Liberals simply recognize that the factors which are outside ones control are also very significant.
"Also very significant" is fine. But for a lot of liberals, "overwhelming" is more accurate.
Well in some situations overwhelming is the word for it. Just read the book Beloved. Wasn't crazy about it but it sure gives a vivid idea of what the world must look like from the point of view of someone raised in slavery. Pretty easy to see how little prepared they would have been to provide an adequate start for their own kids. Over time we can hope that would dissipate just like the advantage enjoyed by the old money fortunes which were made on the backs of those enslaved.