I worked for a guy who was given his family’s company. When I told him my 4th birthday was approaching he tried to relate to me by asking if I was getting a boat over 40 ft because “a man’s age should never be less than his age.”. Because not only did he think I had a massive boat, he also thought I would buy a new one as I grew older.

This guy also refused to hire actual employees if he didn’t have to. Everyone was “temp”.

Holy shit, you’re not being sarcastic? Why? What is your logic?

I don’t disagree with portions of your sentiment, but your declaration that LITERALLY EVERYONE who accomplishes ANYTHING was only able to do so because of an unfair advantage… that’s just wildly ignorant.

This specific example jumped out at me…

Invents a new plastic? Uh-huh, at what age did they get into polymer chemistry? Who even told them polymer chemistry even existed? There’s something else going on there. Don’t let the media gaslight you into thinking you’re “behind.”

So, you believe that simply learning about a specific scientific discipline is somehow getting an unfair advantage?

The reason why your example jumped out at me is because 30something years ago, when I was in like, grade 2 or 3, we had a special lecture in science class from a local kid who discovered a some kind of new polymer that would be used in underground cable and pipe laying because it would allow tree and plant roots to grow through them without the entire structure failing catastrophically. This kid was the older brother of one of my classmates. They were a typical blue collar family, but they were more known as a family of jocks due to their taller stature. This kid was the outlier in his family. They didn’t have any kind of wealth or family connections. He was just a smart kid who got into chemistry and managed to get onto a good college program that led him to his breakthrough moment.

No, no “extreme remorse”. But maybe acknowledge that flying the confederate battle flag, commemorateing confederate soldiers with statues and monuments, and saying shit like “the civil war was about states rights” isn’t really the right thing to do? You know… like, just stop defending the terrible shit that happened, stop pretending that it wasn’t about race and stop acting like YOU are personally being persecuted by having to learn how terrible our ancestors were.