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    For example poor people who have never thought about rising out of it...

I obviously don't have numbers on this, but I strongly doubt there's a poor person on this planet who's never thought about "rising" out of it. That's the dream the lottery sells, that's why so many kids want to be basketball stars / celebrities / influencers, etc.

My personal experience is that the required difficulties of my life have decreased in direct proportion to my income, leaving mainly the self-imposed difficulties. It's not hard to extrapolate that line a little further to billionaires.

We're taking about different things. To continue my example. A nyc public School student is a 34k/ year investment for the city.

De facto some parents look at that as a gift and "force" their kids to take advantage of it. That's why the valedictorian etc is usually an immigrant kid not a rich"native" kid.

Meanwhile plenty of parents seemingly have never considered the opportunity in front of them. Content to let their kids not study and do stupid crime.

To say it simply: not everyone values education the same degree - or a all. That's all I am saying here - you'd think a poor family would grab to the opportunity to rise out through education but it's obvious that for many many many people this has never crossed their mind. If you had not encountered this in your own life I find that odd.

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