There may be a lot of relative economic mobility in the US, but less than in France, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Norway, Denmark, etc.
Watch your own sense of entitlement; as a Harvard man yourself, you have all the usual reasons to appeal to genetics, meritocracy of intelligence, instilled values, etc. My suspicion is that you can't see all the obstacles that would be in your way, had you started from somewhere else.
Remember the quote in the article? "Grabbing what you can get isn’t any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists."
Those that work the system to their unfair advantage through mere cleverness are not necessarily to be admired. Intelligence is a long way short of the most admirable qualities in a man.
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There may be a lot of relative economic mobility in the US, but less than in France, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Norway, Denmark, etc.
Watch your own sense of entitlement; as a Harvard man yourself, you have all the usual reasons to appeal to genetics, meritocracy of intelligence, instilled values, etc. My suspicion is that you can't see all the obstacles that would be in your way, had you started from somewhere else.
Remember the quote in the article? "Grabbing what you can get isn’t any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists."
Those that work the system to their unfair advantage through mere cleverness are not necessarily to be admired. Intelligence is a long way short of the most admirable qualities in a man.