• Wiz@midwest.social
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      And rich people think they are smart, because of money, instead of luck of the draw with parents giving them money.

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          23 hours ago

          Being better educated doesn’t make them smart. I know some geniuses who had to drop out of high school to work and some real dumbasses with doctorates.

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                  Smarts/intelligence is the capacity to learn. An educated person has been taught. A knowledgeable person has learned.

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                    So you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot be changed to make people have a greater capacity to learn? (Obviously blunt force trauma can make someone less capable).

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          My brother and I noted the propensity for some people born into wealth to be attractive as well. Braces when you’re 10 and a dermatologist when you’re 13 can have massive, lasting impacts decades later. Just a bit more invisible privilege those born to money get.

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            Historically, rich people have been able to alter what people consider attractive too. There were multiple cultures across the globe that painted their teeth black because being able to eat a lot of imported sugar made your teeth rot.

            Straight up health problems being romanticized just because it was a problem only affecting the rich.