re: #265 Blind Frog Belly White

The problem with choosing belief over knowledge is that it leads you to say things and do things based on a total misapprehension of reality. The US has the LEAST economic mobility of all the major industrialized nations. That means that more than any other country like us, the circumstances of your birth determine the circumstances of your life.

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They’re words spoken by a man who has never known a day of hardship in his life. His father’s death not only provided for his family, but also gave him a ticket to college. And with the exception of a short stint as a sales consultant for a company his family owns, he’s been in politics ever since. And yet he spent the last 8 years insulting a man who rose from much humbler roots to attain the presidency.