[quote=“lolipop_jones, post:202, topic:95143, full:true”]I inherited a house from my parents. Sold it for one hundred thirty grand (alas, before the housing bubble).
I don’t see anything morally different between me and someone who inherited a billion.[/quote]
Within the limited framework you’ve presented, I totally agree. You took advantage of a fundamentally immoral and unethical system that prevents meritocracy, preserves inequity and discourages personal responsibility and achievement. Perhaps you should be ashamed of being no more moral than your neighbors? It’s not for me to say, really.
Inheritance is the root of many, many evils. I seem to recall the founding fathers of the USA had a few things to say about the aristocracy of inherited wealth…
