I am constantly amazed at the inconsistency of political theory. For example, those who most strongly deny that social issues in the past have any influence on the present are often those who glorify the role of parents in their own past.
None of us choose when and how we are born. No humans would be here if an asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs. I was privileged to be instantiated into a wonderful time and place. I had nothing to do with that, and I will accept no guilt.
But I do believe that society should help those in less fortunate circumstances. Children especially need to be helped a great deal.
After that _ well, I am not so sure. I understand that some people are geniuses, some work better and harder than others, some are just lucky. Society is usually enriched, and those folks should be rewarded.
But luck affects us all, and sometimes those who most affect society are not particularly virtuous nor constructive. Typically they lack empathy for chunks of the population. But all firmly believe that they are not slaves of any past.
I have embraced all I was and all those who helped and recognize situations and luck in my life. I also think I lived well and worked hard and helped a little. I used my past adequately.
Mostly I recognize how complex the world is, and how all political slogans are simplistic and wrong. Creating slaves to the present.
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