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Originally posted by Joe Citizen
Both of those examples are hundreds of years old and the exception rather than the rule.
People are blocked by poverty, abusive parents, stupid parents, institutionalisation, homelessness, language, disease, disability, prejudice and lack of access to decent education amongst other things.
Every time someone brings up equal opportunity it makes me want to scream.
Equal opportunity exists only in the minds of the priveleged white middle class.
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Because they're old that means they're inapplicable? You don't think this happens today? I can give you contemporary examples if you like. None the less, the people I mentioned were blocked by poverty, institutionalized slavery (which no American has to deal with today), prejudice (which is not overtly practiced towards black people anymore in America due to the harsh public stigma attached to such acts) and lack of access to decent education, yet these men chose to succeed no matter what. This shows that success is a matter of determination on the part of the individual.
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