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94% of inheritances are untaxed in UK. Why? It's because it's a rich inheritance tax.

Do you think children should win the birth lottery?



Having good parents is worth more than money. Should parents give up their children to the state to make sure nobody has unfairly great parents?

Maybe the state should control mate selection as well. We wouldn't want all of the best people pairing up, what is left for the rest?


> Should parents give up their children to the state to make sure nobody has unfairly great parents?

It's called public education and it's not very controversial.


Humans have won the gene lottery compared to other primates, what makes the next step hard to digest?




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