CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?

  • ileftreddit@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    Not just education, but what really matters- social connections. The wealthy only want to socialize with other wealthy people, so when their kids begin entering adulthood they’ll give them a leg up. Wealthy people control access to many high-paying jobs; the classic example is wall st, where unless you’re a rocket scientist your daddy has to know someone to get an internship.

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        5 hours ago

        They already have. The few very rich friends I have (money is no object people) are all great at pretending to have empathy but their actions belie them

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          4 hours ago

          Yep, they’ll act like they care, think that they care, but put the mildest of obstacles in front of them and they’ll throw a poor person into a meat grinder to avoid it. People who grew up with money have no character or idea how to weather any kind of hardship