"Here, you totally politicise your argument, and make it totally irrelevant.

You're darn right I politicize all arguments. You don't think Shrub's spinsters are politicizing with their "news releases."

And, yes, I hate privilege,a nd the children of the rich have privilege. We are supposed to live in a democracy, and achievement is what is supposed to be rewarded for our system to work. But the reality is, we live in an aristocracy, and what is rewarded, more often than not, is inheritance and connections, not achievement. As Luv says, this has long been true, but the powers in this country are doing their best to make privilege more and more entrenched, and limit "equal opportunity."