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I see your point but surely you agree peer comparison is fair?

No doubt the author has things better than generations before (though you do have to factor in things like increased expectations as a cost for this) but if this was the only measure then social equality would be move much slower than it is.

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In my opinion only equal actions should demand equal results. I imagine nobody working as a freelance writer, working for instacart, taking loans against a useless asset are doing very well in this society. Therefore the author's peers are likely doing roughly as well, and thus "fair".

Some sources of unfairness might be the disingenuous nature of post secondary education, selling assets (degrees) far beyond their value. Being lied to maybe the biggest claim the author has. But I dont see gender or race being a part of that claim. The lie is unfair irrespective.

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