A Boring Dystopia

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Texas Girl Born in Jail Heading to Harvard After Graduating at the Top of Her Class (people.com)

submitted 8 months ago by M0oP0o@mander.xyz to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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yeap, uplifting. Again.

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[–] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 45 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The dystopic part is that it's assumed an intelligent person is expected to achieve less due to their lineage.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 17 points 8 months ago

YAY, its the hot new thing called the caste system

[–] henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago

It's not just "assumed". There have been numerous studies that people with better social networks and resources around them are much more likely to succeed. It's not surprising at all