Just that. I think it's odd that the concept of inheritance is barely questioned in our society.
I don't think that anyone can really talk about social mobility in a meaningful way, or interrogate the class system, while wealth is still inherited.
Inheritance IS the class system.
In my opinion, inherited wealth is incompatible with a meritocratic society. It is also add odds with entrepreneurialism, and more generally the notion that wealth is earned through hard work, and thus deserved.
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