These people are our future

[IowaSkinsFan]

Just a poker analogy that I'm sure most of you will say is stupid but I think applies perfectly.

Saying its unfair that the fact that some people get lucky and our born rich and some people get unlucky and our born poor is like saying its unfair in a poker game that some people get AA and some people get dealt 72o. Would it be more fair if everyone get dealt JTs? Well, it would certainly make all decision making easier, but it would make the game pointless.

[Duffryn]

Just a poker analogy that I'm sure most of you will say is stupid but I think applies perfectly.

Saying its unfair that the fact that some people get lucky and our born rich and some people get unlucky and our born poor is like saying its unfair in a poker game that some people get AA and some people get dealt 72o. Would it be more fair if everyone get dealt JTs? Well, it would certainly make all decision making easier, but it would make the game pointless.

I think that your analogy is apt if it is referring to a poker session. One child is "dealt the AA" of caring parents who encourage and stimulate it in the crucial early years. Another child has the 72o of an absent father and drug addict mother, who does not give a f**k. The AA child goes to the best schools available. The 72o goes to schools that have no resources, poor teachers and peer pressure to do no work.

A tiny proportion of people dealt 72o every hand might end the session by winning. They might pull off some excellent bluffs or get some lucky flops. Then the "AAs" can point at them and say - look anyone can succeed if they work hard enough. We do not need to alter the deal, so we AAs get dealt QTs and the "72o"s get 64s sometimes.