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The Fury on 10 November 2009
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Chairman-Mao said:
ManusJustus said:
Chairman-Mao said:

Capitalism is the only economic system that gives all people an equal opportunity to succeed.

That is so much bullshit, and I hope you are only trying to bullshit others rather than having successfully bullshitted yourself.

You can make the valid argument that capitalism gives people the opportunity to succeed, but in no way does it give people equal opportunities.  On the contrary, socialism strives to give people equal opportunity, with programs like socialized education, while capitalism promotes unequal opportunity.  Surely, no sane person would make the argument that the son of a million dollar a year salary CEO who goes to private school and will inherit his father's business with he graduates has an equal opportunity with the son of a single mother living in the ghetto who is working at Wal-Mart to pay his way through college.

There are many opportunities for this single mother to succeed.

1. First off high school (secondary school) is free in Canada so she had the opportunity to work hard and get A's which would lead to her getting a scholarship which may not pay the full tuition but at least a good part of it

2. She can apply to grants/bursaries which are paid for by various businesses and the government which favour "disadvantaged" people meaning poor people or minorities

3. She can apply for a student loan from the government which will pay up to a certain amount and she would get up to a year (i think) after she graduates to pay it back.

You can't possibly tell me this woman didn't have a chance to succeed.  

ManusJustus was talking about the child of the single mother but your point still stands. The idea though is that the opportunities open to the son of the wealthy person would only be open to the poorer son through other means, grants and such alike which are there to make things equal. Without them that son would not be able to get the education that the richer son has. Oh also, where did the Canada thing come from?

 



Hmm, pie.