How the Elite rigged Society (and why it’s falling apart) | David Brooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa52TR9tCA
#socialContracts #Morals #politics #QualityOfLife #Elites #Incompetence #SocialImmobility #Ethics #MoralNorms

Hidden right down the bottom of an article that points out the obvious (that single sex schools are no benefit) is a clue on how Ireland works. You will have better chances if your parents are wealthy and well-connected.
#socialImmobility #education #mixedSchools #Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/no-academic-advantage-attending-single-sex-schools-ireland-research-6001350-Feb2023/

America's new aristocracy: the 9.9% and their delusion of hereditary meritocracy https://boingboing.net/2018/05/17/gatsby-2018.html #intergenerationalwealthtransfer #meritocraticdelusion #socialimmobility #guillotinewatch #newgildedage #aristocracy #meritocracy #9.9percent #inequality #gatsbyXXI #usausausa #piketty #Post