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One of capitalisms biggest tragedies (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How many Einsteins have we missed out on because they were born in America to a working class or poor family or as a person in a marginalized group?

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Less than in Ethiopia

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Probably, I didn't mean to make it a competition. In both cases it's a nonzero number and every one is a tragedy.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't think the comment was necessarily to dunk on Ethiopia per se as much as to make a point.

E.g. The person who worked out at least a theoretical model for faster than light travel was Mexican. So we are obviously not dealing with this situation in which the most intellectual necessarily are born into western society.